Can’t sell the game because the pirated version is rampant, the developer bitterly asks for donations from players

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is a title adventure game 2D graphics set in the future. In the game, players will explore the post-apocalyptic setting, uncover the secrets of the world around them, mediate conflicts and battle powerful enemies. The game is developed and published by indie developers THE BROTHERHOODwas officially released on February 27th on Steam.​

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However, not yet released for a week, the aforementioned game has been seriously copied, to the point that the developer can’t help but post a notice on Steam, hoping players who have downloaded the pirated version please donate to me, help Help the studio maintain operations. In the announcement, THE BROTHERHOOD said that the sale of pirated copies of BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION has reached 50,000 while the number of regular Steam players – who really pay for the game to support the studio is just over 1000. Faced with this disparity, the developer bitterly expressed:

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But reality is not what they expected, now just search for the name of the game plus a few more keywords, many websites containing pirated copies of this game will appear, almost without losing any money. Any money has been able to experience the game.

This is also not the first time THE BROTHERHOOD has encountered this problem, according to the Twitter of the staff working in this studio, their previous game Stasis has not even been on Steam yet has a pirated version. While this is not uncommon, it is a real blow to indie developers like THE BROTHERHOOD.​

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They still harbor the hope of being able to continue walking on their creative path, that’s why they announced, hoping that players who have experienced and loved the game can support them a bit. bit economically. The developer is not interested in tracing the identity of the pirates, but just wants to be able to create more games, of course, to do that requires a certain economic background. support.​