Free for a limited time

The Rogurlike RPG “Desktop Dungeons” (Desktop Dungeons) developed by the South African game team QCF Design is currently free for a limited time on Steam, but surprisingly, this seems to be inconsistent with the official announcement last week, because the originally planned The promotional free game is the new work “Desktop Dungeons: Rewind” (Desktop Dungeons: Rewind) to be released on the shelves today (19), but in the end Valve gave a solution.

“Desktop Dungeon” is a stand-alone game launched by the three-person team of QCF Design in 2013. The game is played in a Roguelike way. Players first choose the race and occupation of each character, and then enter the randomly generated dark dungeon for exploration and adventure. As long as they succeed You can unlock new characters, weapons or skills by clearing the level, and the game also has a single-player story.

“Desktop Dungeon: Backtracking” is a sequel developed by the original team QCF Design. Basically, the picture quality has been improved to 3D modules, and the gameplay is similar. As a kingdom manager, players will send heroes of different races and professions to various Adventure in the dungeon, challenge a wide variety of enemies with different characteristics, and gradually develop the kingdom.

However, according to QCF Design Official Announcementto commemorate the 10th anniversary of the launch of “Desktop Dungeon” and to thank the old players, as long as you have the “Desktop Dungeon” game body, you can get this new work for free on the day of “Desktop Dungeon: Backtracking” on April 19th.

The problem is, according to SteamDB on the evening of April 18th QCF Design modified the Steam store launched “Desktop Dungeons Limited Free Promotional Package“, it should be a promotional package of “Desktop Dungeon” + the new work “Desktop Dungeon: Backtracking”.

However, for some reason, at this point in time, “Desktop Dungeon” became free for a limited time, and the period will end before 12:00 am on April 26. This time point is the same as the new product discount time after “Desktop Dungeon: Backtracking” is released .

Because players who already own “Desktop Dungeon” (whether they originally purchased or received for free) found that “Desktop Dungeon: Backtracking” is in a paid state, which is inconsistent with the official announcement.Ask questions in the discussion areathe development team is contacting Valve for urgent processing.

Finally, the QCF Design team announcedconfirmationdue to the wrong setting time, “Desktop Dungeon” became free for a limited time, but they also received support from Valve,If you receive the limited-time free “Desktop Dungeon”, you will not be able to get the new work “Desktop Dungeon: Backtracking” for free。

And last week, Steam players who bought the main body of “Desktop Dungeon” can get the new work “Desktop Dungeon: Backtracking” for free according to the arrangement of the original announcement.. In other words, the Steam platform is very flexible in dealing with the arrangement and adjustment of the selling price to some extent.

Of course, for players who have not purchased “Desktop Dungeon” before, the time-limited free period of the game is still displayed until 12:00 am on April 26, and it can be permanently saved after receiving it.

If you are interested in this work after playing, you can consider their latest work “Desktop Dungeon: Backtracking”.