Beloved new farming game removed from Steam due to rights dispute

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When a farming game is announced, fans of cozy titles like Stardew Valley emerge from their pixel villages to learn more. An indie game called Roots of Pacha received that response from the public, with players impatiently waiting to tend to prehistoric crops and populations. Unfortunately, the game’s highly anticipated release was followed by its swift remove from the Steam storefront. Both the Roots of Pacha developer and publisher have now shared their respective takes on the unexpected situation.

If you like to water in-game plants as much as I do, chances are you have you encountered Roots of Pacha in some way online. Whether that be through the publisher’s advertisements or community recommendations, it’s impossible to deny that fans of farming simulations were excited to see a fresh take on a game like Stardew Valley.

Roots of Pacha promised a unique version of the typical farming experience, focusing its setting on the Stone Age instead of having gameplay take place in a more usual contemporary world. After it dropped on Steam, reviews came pouring in leaving the game with an overall ‘Very Positive’ rating.

Sadly, fans did not have very long to leave their thoughts following the release as the game was taken down in a matter of weeks. The removal came as a shock to the public, and the Roots of Pacha developers seemed to be equally as surprised. At first, Soda Den simply wrote that they were trying to figure out why the game was gone.

The first official statement on the matter came from Soda Den the very same day. They made the above post outlining their perspective, writing that they are involved in a dispute with Crytivo over the rights to Roots of Pacha.

The developers claimed that Crytivo, the publisher, went