Dev makes classic game free to celebrate release of remake, accidentally does it early and almost gives away the new one, before Valve saves the day
Desktop Dungeons is a personal favourite, a 2013 roguelike that has all the brutal goodness you expect of the genre with a charming lawyer of puzzle-slash-town-building layered atop. It's a quickfire experience but a game I've lost countless evenings to, and I've been looking forward to Desktop Dungeons: Rewind, an overhauled version of the game that has just released.
As part of Rewind's launch, developer QCF Design took the generous decision to make the original game entirely free for a limited time(opens in new tab), which came on top of an even more generous decision: existing owners of the original Desktop Dungeons on Steam would also get Rewind free as a thank you.
Unfortunately, someone pushed the wrong button and the original Desktop Dungeons went free with a 100% discount before Rewind was released. It instantly shot to the top of Steam's New & Trending category. Which put QCF in a bit of a pickle, inasmuch as now people could in theory claim both the original and remake for free. Oopsie!
<blockquote class=«twitter-tweet»><p lang=«en» dir=«ltr»>Something's not quite right here… <a href=«https://t.co/3jMwcPhxJ5»>pic.twitter.com/3jMwcPhxJ5</a></p>— QCF — Buy Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
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