A list of games whose unredeemed keys were revoked 💔

Same here

Same. I don't remember where I got it from. It's not the type of game I'd buy.

Same for me. :/

same

Same

Same. Was from opquests. I sent them a support ticket.

well, they offered keys for publicity then revoked the keys...
free advertising i guess?

Someone wrote a review and they harshly replied:

Our company is not selling the game through third party sites. If you bought the game on a third party site it means you bought a key from a scammer.

They also replied on the Steam discussion you linked but they toned down a bit:

We were never selling the game outside of Steam or GOG. If you bought the game in a different store than Steam or GOG please contact our support and inform us where and how did you get the key.

Follow-up:

We generate keys for beta tests and for the press. We receive every day a few requests for keys for review - mostly from scammers. Any key sent to the press is not a key with right to sell the game. Also take note, that you did not get the game from us. If you had bought the game from a third party site from our official profile then the situation would be different, problem is WE DO NOT have any official profile on key shops sites. The only legal source to get the game are the official channels. If you buy games in key shops you know the risks and we don't believe you are not aware that most of the keys sold there are stolen from the devs and not legal. If you don't want to have problems with your games buy them from official sources. If you buy a stolen car don't expect the producer of the car to take responsability.

They receive "a few requests for keys for review" but the giveaway was for 2000 keys. They don't tag their keys accordingly ("for Beta Testing", "Preview", "Promotional", "Press",...). Same depot/AppID as the retail game. They really should take a basic course on how Steam works or stop lying.

Oh, and they don't sell their games outside of Steam of GOG but they did "sell" FALLOUT 2 on Indie Gala's Hump Day Bundle #18.

Opquests said on Discord:

These keys were directly from the publisher we are trying to contact them about this issue - they were not "stolen" or anything similar

Another follow-up, *new^ reply from the developers:

As you can see from the link you provided the codes were used to promote a game from another publisher and so it wasn't distributed according to the guidelines. You should contact opquests and they should provide you with a legal copy of the game. The only legal sources for the game are Steam and GOG, so official distribution channels.

That's a bit of nonsense because: 1) They're both the developer and publisher of the game (unlike Realpolitiks I and II where
Jujubee S.A.is the developer but the publisher is different) and 2) that's exactly what OPquests do, promotion (I don't remember if the giveaway promoted this game or others from them -or related publishers-). In the end, no one "stole" he keys, with this reply they're admitting that they willingly gave the keys to the giveaway site O_o

Any source for Sleeping Valley? It's been in several different bundles and it was also given away.

It was supposed to expire on 18 June 2021, one week after the giveaway started.
Humble Bundle giveaways always have a very short expiration date.

This just happened to me too.

same

Coincidentally, the developer increased the price from 0,79€ to 4,99€ on March, 30th...

Dev is deleting threads and very likely using alt accounts to attack people asking about the situation

Last edit.

Cleared all topics. Banned some people from the upcoming game forum and is asking people to prove they have legit claims through email.

Have you written to Support and ask a new key?
With DIG I've always received replacement!

just tried one of mine from the same bundle, and it worked.

Were these keys from your own purchase, or from some other source?
The replacement key (the second one you tried) was given to you by the support agent?

Considering that the game was never bundled, given away or listed on the Russian shops, I would assume that your copy comes from DIG marketplace.

CTRL+F works if that's what you mean.

If you're logged in and you do a Barter search for the game, you get much more info than here though. On the item page, you can scroll down to the "Notices" section; there you can see if anyone else also reported this. "Duplicates" is the usual tag that we give it, "Unused keys revoked" is when multiple keys proved to be dupe.

The notice sometimes has attached a list of bundles / giveaways that the dupe key was reported from (when this info is available), or any other extra comments that users can add when they report the notice.

Anyone can add their own notice, but they all need to be verified by a moderator. Verified notices are shown in red, pending ones in grey.

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Oh, gosh... The developer of Border of her Heart is really dense...

https://steamcommunity.com/app/795680/discussions/0/3133918821788896531/

adding to this: all keys for Dark Matter (Meridian4 as well) were also duplicate.

I added it for you now.

In the Notices section, select the Go Go bundle from the list and the notice type "duplicates" from the dropdown above it, then press "+ Add Trading Notice". You can also add some text where it says "Note to trading tag verifiers", I added "3 keys tried". That's it!

Yeah, if the store no longers sells the game the devs will normally make the key batch given to the store invalid. There are cases where the devs won't deactivate keys in the batch they gave the store as well, but that's not often from my understanding. If it's an old purchase it's best to check to the store you got it from to see if it's still sold on it, if not there's a high chance it won't work anymore. When this occurs there's not much the store can do, it's out of their hands as mentioned by the support member on Fanatical. This same situation applies to HB, GMG, etc.

It's indeed possible that only the keys from Ubercrate are invalidated. There was a successful trade 6 days ago on Barter, so there are keys that still work.

same

Update from Dev, once again looks like they have a complete lack of understanding about how things work...

Rhythm Knights is getting Delisted.

Hey Everyone,

I want to take a moment to sincerely apologize for the recent delisting of my game on Steam, which unfortunately resulted in the revocation of your keys. I know that this decision has caused frustration and disappointment and I genuinely apologize for any inconvenience it caused.

The decision to remove the game from the Steam Storefront was not an easy one. As I mentioned on Twitter and our Discord channel a while ago, the game and its remake are still available on itch.io for free. However, Steam's policies required me to revoke all keys in order to proceed with the delisting. The message about payment that you received was not written by me, but rather a default Steam message that I had no control over.

I want to emphasize that the game in question represents a product of its time. It was my very first attempt at creating a full-fledged REAL game, and since then, I have grown so much as a developer. I no longer want this game to be a reflection of where I am right now in my journey, simply because I have outgrown it. I hope you can all understand.

In an effort to make amends and show my gratitude for your understanding, I would like to offer each of you a key for another one of my games. Please private message me on Twitter @OhKolbi for a key of any of my other games.

I'm honestly shocked to see so many people upset that a game of this low quality is getting removed from Steam. I figured there weren't people who liked it enough to care.

Thank you for your understanding.

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Sentinels_of_the_Store/discussions/0/3806153791387741973/

Seems to be randomly restored as of today.