Steam users can get a refund “for any reason”

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Steam users can now request and receive a refund for any reason, providing it’s been less than 14 days since the customer made the purchase but only if they spent less than two hours in the game.

According to the updated refund policy, a full refund will be offered on the game as well as any DLC or pre-purchased items as long as the core game wasn’t played for over the two hours mark. However, some forms of DLC are listed as a non-refundable purchase, so users will need to keep that in mind when clicking the buy button.

Refunds will be credited within a week to either to the user’s Steam Wallet or payment method used when making the purchase.

Gifts cannot be refunded once redeemed, the same goes for movies and those banned by the Anti-Cheat system.

Valve states that it will stop handing refunds to those which abuse the system, but it does not “consider it abuse to request a refund on a title that was purchased just before a sale and then immediately re-buying that title for the sale price.”

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/02/steam-refunds-valve/

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ODSTPosted:

Wish the time frame was closer to 4 or 5 hours so that way we could get immersed enough into the game to tell if it is worth the price or not. Maybe the hours could vary by price point.

XboxPosted:

Well this seems pretty cool.

234jazzy2Posted:

RyujiTakasu
You-Tube Fair enough, but only within 2 weeks of purchase :/ i guess its reasonable amount of time


2hours is plenty of time to tell a decent game from a terrible one.

This will mainly be useful for Early Access games and buggy releases such as Witcher 3.


How is Witcher 3 "buggy"? Just wondering why you would choose Witcher 3 as an example and not some major fck ups like the Unity?

KatsumiChanPosted:

quote="You-Tube"]Fair enough, but only within 2 weeks of purchase :/ i guess its reasonable amount of time

2hours is plenty of time to tell a decent game from a terrible one.

This will mainly be useful for Early Access games and buggy releases such as Witcher 3.

-Dylan1Posted:

This is a pretty good idea, people won't be afraid getting DLC's in case they don't like it. Should have this on Xbox/PS.

LiaPosted:

I am so glad they have finally added this! Been waiting for something like this for a while now :)

EthicsPosted:

this is pretty awesome! i wish this was added beforehand.

EvoVIIIPosted:

This was a good addition, by 2 hours you start to know if you want it or not.

MickersPosted:

Before two hours is up you know if you want it or not. A nice addition to be honest!

JesusOnAGoatPosted:

Fair enough, but only within 2 weeks of purchase :/ i guess its reasonable amount of time