Steam Release Delayed!


Hi everyone,

We ran into an issue with the Steam release approval process. Every single indicator in the Release Progress dashboard suggested that the release was set for 12 PM noon, May 30th, 2025. Unfortunately there is apparently an extra layer of Steam review that is required before Steam releases the game. We are going through this final process now and have been told it will take 3-5 days. We’ll keep you posted on further news. Sorry about the wait!

-morph

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Excited! I've been checking anxiously every day. 

Is there already a way to claim a steam key if i ordered on itch.io or that will be available when the game releases  on steam?

Well, can't say I'm not disappointed. Been anxiously awaiting this! Best of luck with the launch.

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Here's a bit more explanation for everyone here.

The short answer is, the Steam release progress dashboard UI is confusing and misled us into thinking all release checklist items were approved and that the release would be automatic.

The long answer: apparently even when all UI indicators are marked as 'Approved for Release', your game is in fact, not yet fully approved for release. If the 'Mark as ready for review' button exists (it did), it means your game isn't fully approved (despite literally saying 'Approved for Release' in bright green at the top). In fact, we pressed the 'Mark as ready for review' button months ago and went through the review process and we were approved. Ostensibly that's why that section was labeled 'Approved for Release' in green.

But the button remained and we didn't think we needed to press it again. But apparently we did. In fact, even now in our dashboard it states that all sections are 'Approved for Release' while also saying our Store Page is "in the review queue". It makes no sense.

We've contacted Steam support about this. We'll see what they say.

Sorry to hear you're having issues with Steam. Happy to wait for it though, would rather quality over urgency!

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Is there a reason you couldn't rerlease the full game on here though if it is a steam issue?

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We've decided to delay the Itch.io update until Steam users can have it at the same time.

Fair enough, thanks for replying. Can't wait to play. :)