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It's not about fighting them; it's about pressing them for more information on the basis of trying to work with them rather than against, and asking what needs to happen for them to allow it to be published on St*am. There's must be specific addressable concerns. In the end, if they allow it to be published, they'll get their % of the profits either way. Odds are there's some deeper issue like copyright infringement concerns, which I'm surprised they wouldn't disclose in their rejection.Info about the itch version (it does get regular updates but every 3 month)You must be registered to see the links
About St*am I agree with you, there is no reason they shouldn't allow our game. But also there is nothing we can do about it. Besides taking it to court, but I rather not do that againts multi-billion dollar company... (trust me the fact the game is not steam makes me very sad, I had multiple nightmares because of it... but I am powerless.)
St*am will allow absolute garbage to be published on their platform, and I mean absolute dumpster fire, flaming dog shit, trash. That fact makes me cry as a consumer, as they have zero curation anymore and you have to sift through mountains of the absolute worst indie cash grab garbage to find anything even half decent, and much of it is exactly what it looks like: shameless attempts at suckering people out of a couple bucks. Even if you only sell 100 copies to people that are curious, at $5 a sale, I'm still ~$350 richer than I was before.
Don't get me wrong, everyone has to start somewhere, but some dev's fail to be objective and recognize how much people value their work and want big name game prices for, well just plain bad games that arent worth the few cents of bandwidth they consume. Second lesson of sales is it doesn't matter what you think your product is worth, it matters what the consumer thinks it's worth, and convincing them it's worth as much as you think it's worth. Even if I poured my heart and soul into something, and think it's worth $50 cuz I worked so hard on it, if someone will only give me $20...hate to say it, it's worth $20 to the market. Sentimentality has no marketable value. This is not a hill you want to choose to die on, because you'll lose and still be broke; $20 is better than $0, don't be afraid to haggle though, push for $30.
I mean...they allow a game like Genital Jousting on the platform...and countless others like it. Obviously, the bar is pretty low for what they'll accept. In fact, that you got rejected is almost impressive, but its far more likely due to something logistical or clerical in your submission, rather than the content of the game itself. I can't find anything so far that I would find particularly offensive or violates any laws, other than the obvious parody of a handful of other IPs (R*ck & M*rty, V*caloid, F*nal F*ntasy 7) but that in itself isn't illegal. Basically, as long as it isn't illegal and it's marked for the correct age group, St*am don't give a f-; they get their money either way.