steam video game: Steam alert for gamers: No refunds if one plays video game for 2 hours during ‘Early Access’ period

During Steam’s heydays, Valve had issued an announcement that any amount for playing a game downloaded from Steam would be refunded if the request is played before 14 days of purchase of the game and only two hours of the game was played. However, they also introduced the concept back then that any Steam user, could play a game in its initial ‘Early Access’ period for as long as they wanted to right till its release.

Loophole by Steam finally closed:

This loophole was exploited for a long time till now by Steam users to test new and upcoming games during the ‘early access’ or ‘advanced access’ period, which will now come to a halt due to the fact that Steam will now be stopping the issue of refunds if any purchased game during the early access period was played for two hours.
Thus, it seems, Valve has finally closed the loophole around the early bird system and the possible reasons for this may be cited as loss in revenue for the respective games, since many users, upon not liking the game issued a request for a refund within the trial period. Therefore, a game needs to immensely successful for Steam to actually generate some revenue online and maintain the gamers interest in the respective games.

Refund requests can now be placed only if you have played the game for just two hours in the ‘early access’ period: Reports

Prior to the release date, if any game is purchased by a Steam user, they can only play the game only up to two hours in order to claim a refund. If the time limit goes beyond the period of two hours, Steam will simply decline the request for a refund and the users will have to pay the entire subscription or purchase amount for the game.

FAQs:

Q1. How can I play games on Steam?
A1. Steam is a gaming platform available online that acts as a one-stop solution for downloading and playing games online and contains some of the latest editions of games. Q2. What are some the games available on Steam?
A2. In Steam, one can buy many games, including paid and free ones including the likes of Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Red Dead Redemption 2, Dota 2, Call of Duty and many more.