Overview
- Cactile Games and co‑developer dofhouse released Refund This Game on Steam as a first‑person platformer that makes beating the game within Steam’s two‑hour playtime cutoff the central objective.
- Players use a physics‑based pole to stick to walls and fling themselves up a tall obstacle course that has one movable checkpoint, an on‑screen timer, and an achievement for sub‑two‑hour completion.
- The developers say the project was inspired by summer debate over Steam’s refund policy and is meant to celebrate players’ right to request refunds rather than to exploit the system.
- Finishing the game in under two hours does not trigger an automatic refund; players must submit a refund request through Steam and meet Valve’s existing rules, including the under‑two‑hour playtime and 14‑day window.
- The game is low‑priced and on launch sale, early reviews and leaderboards show some players have beaten it within two hours and pursued refunds, a result that keeps the platform refund debate in the spotlight.