{"id":67518,"date":"2026-06-02T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=67518"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:20:15","slug":"japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"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\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese indie hit Pico Park: Classic Edition to be taken down from Steam one year after accidentally becoming permanently free on the platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese game developer TECOPARK announced on June 1 that it would stop distributing its multiplayer action puzzle title <strong>Pico Park: Classic Edition<\/strong> via Steam. While it originally launched as a paid title in 2016, since 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-accidentally-becomes-permanently-free-on-steam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the game has been available for free on the platform<\/a>. However, according to the developer\u2019s comment, continuing to distribute it for free was \u201cnot a good idea\u201d in the long run, which ultimately led them to the decision to permanently remove the game from Steam in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20200602-675180001.jpg\" alt=\"Pico Park: Classic Edition\" class=\"wp-image-67522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20200602-675180001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20200602-675180001-380x214.jpg 380w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the game will still be playable for those who have downloaded it, and the developer is encouraging anyone interested in the title to do so before it\u2019s completely gone from the platform. However, the exact date Pico Park: Classic Edition will be leaving Steam is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udfe6\u914d\u4fe1\u505c\u6b62\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\ud83d\udfe5<br><br>\u3072\u3087\u3093\u306a\u3053\u3068\u304b\u3089\u6c38\u4e45\u7121\u6599\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u300cPICO PARK:Classic Edtion\u300d\u3060\u3051\u3069\u3001\u8fd1\u3044\u3046\u3061\u306b\u914d\u4fe1\u505c\u6b62\u3059\u308b\u3088\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MVs2BKQPeP\">https:\/\/t.co\/MVs2BKQPeP<\/a><br><br>\u6c38\u4e45\u7121\u6599\u3067\u914d\u4fe1\u3057\u7d9a\u3051\u308b\u306e\u306f\u3001\u305a\u3063\u3068\u306f\u3088\u304f\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306d\uff01\u51f9\u2026<\/p>&mdash; PICO PARK \/ \u30d4\u30b3\u30d1\u30fc\u30af (@picoparkgame) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/picoparkgame\/status\/2061398620067463554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason why Pico Park: Classic Edition had gone free in the first place was due to a \u201chappy accident\u201d caused by the developer. In 2025, the title received its first new update in 9 years, including online multiplayer functionality, and to celebrate this, the developer intended to temporarily distribute the game for free on Steam. But since this was the second time the game was switched from \u201cpaid\u201d to \u201cfree,\u201d the first time being back in 2021 when Pico Park (the definite version) came out, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/teco_park\/status\/1974686893934870679?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its status as a free game became irreversible as per Steam\u2019s rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20200602-675180002.jpg\" alt=\"Pico Park: Classic Edition\" class=\"wp-image-67521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20200602-675180002.jpg 960w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20200602-675180002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20200602-675180002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, while Pico Park: Classic Edition is set to be removed from Steam soon, Pico Park (2021) is still available for purchase for Steam and Nintendo Switch. Pico Park 2, the sequel, is available to play for PC (Windows, Steam), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211011-3784\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PICO PARK sales exceed 1 million units: How a solo Japanese developer\u2019s game became a worldwide hit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-indie-dev-issues-warning-about-sophisticated-steam-key-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese indie dev issues warning about sophisticated Steam Key scam\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TECOPARK announced on Jun 1 that it would stop distributing Pico Park: Classic Edition via Steam in the near future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":67520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-67518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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