This is is totally free right now, but claiming it is in a morally grey area. It’s also not as simple as adding it to your library, I’ll explain how in a sec, though. Anyway, since I figured since it is being shared everywhere, I might as well share it here also.

[The Leviathan’s Fantasy] is a Simulation game. You will manage your cloud city, recruit adventurers all over the world, take them for exploration, obtain resources and blueprints. Construct buildings, make equipment, produce items, so to develop your city into greatness together with your adventurers.

I think they want to hide the option somewhat from new customers? Basically the drama with this game is their account got banned for I think steam review manipulation, and they had to re-list the game, which means a ton of people are pissed at them because they spend $30 on an early access game that’s been abandoned for an identical version that they then need to re-purchase.

So instead of trying to chase everyone up, I think they’re just making it free for anyone who still cares enough about the game to go digging in the community posts for instructions on how to redeem it?

Anyway, to claim it, all you have to do is

  • Add the game to your wishlist

  • Open your wishlist in Steam, and next to the game will be ‘add to library’

  • Click that, and its done!

…is the game good? Doesn’t look like it, but I know a lot of you here enjoy claiming games regardless.

Reviews are ‘Mixed’ on Steam, with 113 reviews left so far.

Here is the Steam page

  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
    6·
    5 hours ago

    I’m seeing this slightly unusual arrangement:

    but pressing Add to Library seemed to work with no further hoops to jump through!

  • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
    12·
    14 hours ago

    Not sure I want that after the reviews, which is a shame because a good fantasy city builder is something I’d pay for. But I wouldn’t want to invest time in an unfinished game that’s turning to a mobile idle thing model.

    But I am a bit curious about how they are doing this. I don’t think Steam allows different pricing from the wishlist, do they?

    Did they just hide the free base game purchase leaving only paid options on the store page? It’s looking like that, technically you can’t buy “Leviathan’s fantasy” alone from the store, only paid bundles (with the new version? and weirdly, this makes Leviathan’s fantasy cost money inside that bundle making it more expensive? so confusing).

    • riot@fedia.io
      9·
      9 hours ago

      https://store.steampowered.com/app/3376080/The_Leviathans_fantasy/

      Recently, we have been in continuous communication with Steam Support regarding the duration of our game’s free promotion. The support team has also walked us through the potential drawbacks, advantages, and disadvantages of the free offering. Additionally, they assisted us in enabling the free access permission this past Monday morning; however, this free version remains hidden—as we still need to confirm the official launch time, it is currently not visible on the store page. […] It seems even the Steam team was unaware that, with the hidden free version active and the paid version not yet fully removed, users could still claim the free version directly via their Steam Wishlist. I only discovered this issue today myself. Immediately after learning about it, I sent a follow-up email to Steam Support to inform them of this situation and requested that they process refunds for players who purchased the game recently (after the unintended free access became available).

      To clarify: The original purpose of our free promotion is to ensure that players who have already purchased the game can continue to access the game’s ongoing updates. There are no hidden agendas or “conspiracy” behind this decision. We simply hope new players can enjoy the game, and existing players can benefit from sustained support.

      • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
        4·
        8 hours ago

        Oh. So it’s an unintended quirk in Steam’s interface and basically nobody knew about it.

        I guess they wanted that free version hidden and only accessible for people they knew had purchased the game before.

  • etchinghillside@reddthat.comEnglish
    18·
    17 hours ago

    Thanks.

    We’ve leveraged ChatGPT to make NPCs more lifelike, allowing them to engage in free-flowing conversations within the game.

    Somewhat tempted to download and poke at that part to get some laughs.

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    101·
    19 hours ago

    Why does this work (and why is it a morally grey area)? I’m so confused by this. Did they post the instructions themselves?

    Edit: Nevermind, I see you explain it in the post; the content after the screenshot wasn’t showing up until I refreshed.