Comments on: Japanese indie hit Pico Park: Classic Edition to be taken down from Steam one year after accidentally becoming permanently free on the platform https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: The Alpha and the Omega https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/#comment-8577 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:50:53 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67518#comment-8577 In reply to QwertyThe2nd.

“Any game that has been made free just once will be delisted forever and the devs will be condemned to Hell”

Gotta go free twice to break free completely from the binding contract. Pico was permanently free so the second time was impossible and thus, to Hell they go

]]> By: QwertyThe2nd https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/#comment-8574 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:23:02 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67518#comment-8574 Vermintide 2 has been free to keep twice. Once in November 2021 (or 2022, I forget). Then again in November 2025.

What exactly is Steam’s policy on this?

]]> By: Syd https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/#comment-8556 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:56:10 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67518#comment-8556 In reply to Silverwolf.

It says so in the article. They made it free in 2021 temporarily

]]> By: TM https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/#comment-8555 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:36:29 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67518#comment-8555 In reply to Silverwolf.

Read the article

]]> By: Silverwolf https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/#comment-8549 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:12:36 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67518#comment-8549 Pretty sure I remember classic being free before 2025. Yep just checked Steam DB and it was free before 2025. Since 2021 it seems.

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