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[โ€“] RavenFellBlade@startrek.website 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Seriously. I never would have bought Earthion, TWICE, if I hadn't pirated it and fell in love with it. I firmly believe in financially supporting creators that make things I love. I DON'T believe in taking the risk of paying asking price for a game I may not enjoy in an era when demos are a rarity. As a point of comparison, Trails in the Sky FC has a demo, which I played, and convinced me to buy the full version. Pirating Switch content isn't worth the time an effort to me, and without the demo, I never would have bought it.

[โ€“] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 8 hours ago

I've been seeing a lot more demos of games on Steam in the last year or so.