Update: Unused keys for Zombie Camp were revoked (maybe because the game was retired on Feb 7?)
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Yes, from Go Go Bundle Limited #54
just one time bundled ITAD
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Due to the fact that GoGobundle deleted their mail and did not make contact for a long time, we decided to revoke the keys that were given to them for sale. But so that the players would not suffer from our mistake, we decided to return the key to anyone who withdraws it.
Until March 20, 2019, you must leave any feedback on the game, no matter positive or negative.
March 21, we will begin to recall the keys. If your key was revoked, then you need to write about this in the recall, then we will send you a new key, which will never be revoked.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/797090/announcements/detail/1795154265374413713
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Another much played gem vanishes from our vaults, but at least we can get it back by writing to the recall :)
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Hopefully you did not e-mail the developer. I once did this and since that day i have received tons of viagra emails.
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excellente23@yandex.ru email them with proof and they will sent a new key (got one within 5 minutes).
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You don't even need proof. I wouldn't be giving people like them any of your info
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Only if you like your inbox filled with viagra and russian wife e-mails.
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And who doesn't like them, especially together. As if spammers bothered with tiny amounts of emails some crappy game gets them when they can just buy billions of them for couple dollars from all the huge hacked sites.
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Again or from 2017? Ifso hat wasn't his first time, so can't say accident.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/597240/discussions/0/1489992080511659453/
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Became The Hunted -Otaku Bundle #36- unused keys revoked
game still in library
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I stopped buying budles, so I don't need to care about this too. :)
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The Indie Mosaic Bundle:
Agricultural Simulator 2012: Deluxe Edition
School Bus Fun
unused keys revoked for both, even the fresh keys from Indiegala support (27 Mar 19) didn't work
Industry Giant 2 - probably the same, I had only one key, can't confirm for sure
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Keys from support comes from what developer left them with back when they provide the keys for bundle, so there is very high chance they come from the same batch of keys as those in sold copies.
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The comment about Industry Giant 2 is not quite correct. I got no keys from support for this game. Just my last key didn't work, so probably it revoked.
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You sure about Spirits of Xanadu being removed? I got a copy from IG MMB#15 and it's still sitting in my library, ready to install.
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https://steamcommunity.com/app/312230/discussions/0/1835685838067954168/
I tried my unused key from this bundle and it was a dupe.
I guess it was listed in the wrong table. I moved it from "revoked" to "unused" now.
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Thanks for keeping this up-to-date, that looks like a lot of work with revoking keys being such a fashionable "d-sport".
Just wanted to help make the table slightly smaller: Simple Story - Alex has a double entry in the table ;)
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Apparently unused keys from Flat Kingdom Paper's Cut Edition from Humble Jumbo Bundle 11 was revoked by developer. Even Humble Bundle support had trouble to give me an extra one since they gave me three revoked in a row. They had to contact seller to provide me a new one. I also remember to see a couple topics about that on steam community... No answer from developer there though.
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Welp. It was only inevitable that the plague of shithead developers torching legally purchased property would touch Humble's doorstep eventually, though it still feels like a bit of a surprise anyway.
I'm glad they actually got in touch with devs to ensure you got your property back, though I'm wondering whats going to happen with the next people to hit them up, and the next, once news spreads their keys are FUBAR too. Hopefully Humble Bundle simultaneously demanded replacement batches in the meantime for at least their own existing stock that was illegally invalidated.
Whether Humble stands up for their users and the integrity of their sold products--or whether they totally fold with a shrug and stupid grin, as expected usually from the other bundle sites---will be a major determinant of future severity.
For better or worse, HB's response here will be a market-wide flare going up. It's a learning experience for the scum-sucker devs (and all would-be scum-sucker devs, looking towards greater approval) signaling just how "acceptable" (consequence-free) this type of tort has grown at even the highest levels. Hopefully they realize when its a time for bending, and other times----its time for the clamps. เญงเผผเฒ ็เฒ เผฝเญจ
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Since all the key removing is getting into fashion now:
Don't be angry at the Developer w/o knowing the reason of removing(Which also looks like a new fashion trend). When they did not get payed, it's their right to remove the keys.
following parts are stolen of a post by stlpaul in the "Go Go Bundle Limited #79" thread: link
If I unknowingly buy stolen property from a thief, I don't get to keep the stolen item. Police will make me return it to its rightful owner. I will lose my money paid (I can try to recover it in court by suing the person who sold it to me illegally.) At least in the USA.
However, Steam keys are not even "property" in that sense, they are digital subscription licenses and may be revoked at any time for any reason. Every time we activate a key we accept the agreement without reading it..., which says something like "subscriptions are valid until they are terminated" and Valve can terminate it at any time for any reason. In this case the reason is that the dev/publisher requested it.
I realize 99% of these devs dealing with gogotaku are probably not professionals and do not have an accounts receivable department or a lawyer on retainer. They probably don't know the procedure or have the resources to file a claim as a creditor in liquidation proceedings of a French court anyway.
In my eyes the real anger of the customers should be with gogotaku, they were the facilitators. Whether Bacq Stellan or Chris Hede or whoever was running gogotaku in the final months was knowingly and fraudulently engaging in contracts with devs with the intention of taking the profits and going into liquidation, we may never know. But on the surface it sure looks awfully suspicious to me.
/end of stlpaul's text
Ofc EU citizen have a little more rights. EULA parts that are surprising are not legal here. I would count "subscriptions are valid until they are terminated" as surprising(and also to general to have effect), which would give you the right to get a replacement. If the seller does not provide a new key(they will even have to buy one from the store if they have none laying around(and the price/effort is reasonable)), you are allowed to get the money back (ofc. only partly if it was part of a bundle).
If the key got removed unlawfull, in my opinion steam has to restore the game in your account.
and just as a disclaimer, i am not a lawer or something, so this is not a legal advice ;P
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I believe, that you are wrong, saying: "When they did not get payed, it's their right to remove the keys."
If I buy a fridge (or anything else), which has been stolen, then it's true, that I'm not a rightful owner, and the fridge can be taken from me. However, if someone willingly and consciously enters into a delayed payment agreement with a store, that store sells me a fridge and does not pay the producer/distributor, then the fridge is still mine and nobody is gonna take it from me.
There is a distinct difference between keys, that have been actually stolen (like the recent case of Borderlands 3 keys, leaking from the printing company) and the keys willingly provided by the developers/publishers to distributors, for which they have willingly accepted the delayed payment option, which is the vast majority of cases described here.
Setting aside the very controversial and in many (most?) countries not valid in such circumstances "subscriptions are valid until they are terminated" part, whoever against my will takes from me goods purchased in a good faith from a seller, that has obtained them legally and then refused to provide pre-agreed payment for them, actually himself commits a theft.
If they revoked the keys, that have been stolen from them, they are in they rights (though, in most cases, it would probably still be a better judgement to leave the customers out of it, or at least limit their action to keys, that have not yet been activated) . If they revoke keys, which they have willingly provided to any store, under the agreement of a delayed payment, and which have been already purchased/activated then it's obviously them, that are thieves.
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When they did not get payed, it's their right to remove the keys.
Wrong. Just plain wrong.
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Another day, another key revoked. I will say again that there is too much power for a "developer" being able to revoke a mass amount of keys at will for whatever reason.
I'm tempted to email Gabe Newell directly, probably won't get a response but I bet he will read it anyway and I suggest others to email him as well.
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I should have checked this list first. I just made 50 giveaways and so far three people have told me their keys are dupes. I see those three in the list above for unused keys being revoked and registered as dupes. :(
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Stop supporting these shitty games and companies and you won't have to worry about your keys getting revoked in the future.
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Thanks for all of the updates :) BTW the link of Dojini in the table and in the note at the top of OP actually goes to rOt 2
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Thank you! My cake is made from the sweat of unpaid developers, the tears of angry gogotaku customers and the essential oils of revoked steam keys!
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Dumb Stone Card Game just revoked from me. Otaku Bundle #37
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On an unrelated note, looks like my copy of this game from a giveaway site is still in my library.
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And currently the developer is in heavy censorship mode. The Steam thread linked in the table is gone and those several others that are mentioned went along with it. In his own thread about it he deletes inconvenient answers. As if censoring ever solved a problem.
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I can't enter sgtools giveaways since now cause of the key revoke I haven't activated all my winnings. Some of them end tomorrow ๐ญwhat do
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Treasure of a Blizzard and Solenars Edge actually just disabled unactivated keys, not revoked the games themselves. I bought both bundles and still own both games.
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Barter says that Beholder has two tags relevant here: Revocation Risk and Limited Time Access.
These tags evidently are defined as having an unauthorized giveaway or giveaways of revoked keys, and is the full game but expires after a limited amount of time, respectively.
Any source or truth to these claims? Or did some Barter user slip some lies past their mods?
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There are three types of tags on Barter:
- game tags (what you see on the Store page)
- tags that come from the Steam-tracker API which are recognizable based on their steam-tracker link (Banned / Delisted for example)
- user tags (tags that any user can apply, as a trading alert).
The user tags don't get approved by the mods, everyone can add any tag that they see fit which means that you shouldn't necessarily trust them (for that reason, they're greyed out).
If you mouseover the Revocation Risk and Limited Time Access tags for Beholder, you will see that they are user-added.
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Ah, thanks for explaining - I didn't know that user tags don't require mod approval.
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Beholder was (very limited quantity IIRC) given out free, then revoked, then replaced free again. So there were limited time access revoked keys, and any unactivated such keys would now be disabled keys.
The tags are correct.
Of course this doesn't apply to bundled copies.
We don't have a system to tag specific keys, but it's theoretically possible to write a long story on every game page.
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Did the dev give them away for free, revoke, then replace? Or was it some retailer? I'd be shocked if the dev did it unless it was a pricing bug of sorts - Seems like quite a blunder.
It is also worth noting that barter does not list that a giveaway of any kind has ever occurred for the game, as barter does for other games, even for limited giveaways.
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Googled: It was a price bug on IndieGameStand, the game was accidentally free, https://steamcommunity.com/games/475550/announcements/detail/704082239832566079
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It was free because of a promo/bug at indiegamestand over two years ago.
This thread will sheet light on the whole thing.
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/1Iv2x/free-beholder-indiegamestand-over-devs-dun-goofed
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/KpYtL/rescue-team-5steam-for-freefor-beholder-official-key-owners-only
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Well that didn't last long... Edited 2 hours ago:
Unfortunately I cannot reactivate or replace your revoked key and now the game will be removed from Steam and the give away is over.
The guy has some nerves though
Also think about who tries to help you and tries to solve your problem....
Yup, very helpful, a 5 hours window to spot the "offer"
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don't feel too bad, he never gave anyone their keys back.. he's a grade a scammer..
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Not that I am a fan of the Epic Store but that is one thing where a new platform could shine - protecting the customers rights and property against such scammers. Oh well, instead they are going for dumb exclusives...
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Boy this seems like a total trainwreck..
Does anyone know who the publisher was for this game?
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According to Steam it's "-", looking at the list of games it seems consistent with the old itch.io page.
EDIT: Regarding Polygon's Royale, he just raised the price from 3,99โฌ to 5,69โฌ, maybe because he saw the increase in interest after the removal announcement.
On the other side, he announced a "Farewell present" for Dumb Stone (some coins for in-game use, I think), but since the game (from Steam) won't even start, it's useless.
Nice trolling.
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Looking into it further I think it might be the same person.
I just saw a review that pointed out that Polygon's Royale is an asset flip from the Unity Store called POLYGON - Battle Royale Pack
I wouldn't be surprised if Dumb Stone was an asset flip either.
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https://steamcommunity.com/games/485640/announcements/detail/3019009900067526497
Not revoking keys now.
"Im is sorry. sorry!
Im did wrote im would revoke any unsold keys that was sold from a contain site (im have deleted the news). But a closer look about those, its was really just from a single bundle and a another bundle with two other games (which is now free, so no reason to revoke them at atll).
So: Im will NOT revoke ANY keys at all! So fell free whatever you want do with them! Im will NOT revoke them. Im is 100% complete sorry for this drama and is a 100% mistake from my side!
This is NOT your fault, its was a publisher fault. This is a issue between me and the previous publisher and not you.
PS. Im have no plans to request more keys at all and those that is out here. im do still have few comply of keys left."
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Not sure if this is isolated to me or not, but I've discovered that my previously unused key for Space Radiance ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/487420/Space_Radiance/ ) from IndieGala's Every Monday #117 bundle returns as a duplicate when trying to redeem it.
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Can someone check their key for SurvivalZ Battlegrounds from Go Go Bundle Mega #18? Mine turns up duplicated.
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Lilgunbois keys from gogo were all posted online so, while not technically revoked, keys we bought from gogo will probably get used by random people if all not activated by us.
https://twitter.com/BoringNerdyKate/status/1116839831114588167
https://justpaste.it/1qpbo
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...that's... new!
i've checked her game a few times and still not bought a key to try. and it was cause of kinda awkward way she presents her game on Steam page.
now, this. and again, "it's a no, thank you"...!
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And she tried to cheat the cv system with expensive DLC's
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Can someone check Ziggy's Chase key from IG Hump Day #34? Mine shows up as duplicate, so I'm writing to support.
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I'm almost sure that they were revoked, and that Indie Gala will not help you:
https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/s6FmO4D
https://steamcommunity.com/app/533660/discussions/0/1698293255137470980/ (check last comment)
EDIT: You should be able to contact the developer directly, but since they mass revoked all of their bundled games (A-Gents, Mad Dojo, Interlogic and probably others -Dale Hard Shovel HD, Dash Fleet, Showing Tonight: Mindhunters Incident-) and aren't answering on the Steam forums, they'll probably just ignore you.
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And yup, they replied with the canned response to contact the developer, and I saw your comment just earlier when I was browsing through the discussion forum
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Do you need the info which games from "IndieGala 8 Floor Bundle" were invalidated?
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As far as I know, all of them were removed.
I just didn't get a chance to add them to the chart, but I hope to do so tomorrow.
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I tried to redeem the bundle yesterday and that is what I got:
The following games were dupes:
Gnomes Garden
Solitaire Christmas. Match 2 Cards
Gems of the Aztecs
Gnumz: Masters of Defense
Contract With The Devil
Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes Collector's Edition
Royal Defense
Fort Defense
Those are unknown because I am missing the Bass game
Royal Defense - Invisible Threat - DLC
Fort Defense - Atlantic Ocean - DLC
Fort Defense - Bermuda Triangle - DLC
And those 2 games activated
Chronicles of the Witches and Warlocks
Alice's Patchwork
So they maybe forgot to revoke those games or they will do it soon
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Thanks for checking!
You have Chronicles of the Witches and Warlocks and Alice's Patchwork listed as dupes and as activated, is that an error or some of those keys still work? (assuming that you tried multiple keys).
Also, this batch of games has been featured in other bundles too (Groupees, GoGo, Bunchkeys); it is a bit unclear for me which of these other bundles still have working keys or not.
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Yes, all not working keys gave the same message back that the key is a dupe. I tried one whole IndieGala 8 Floor bundle (exept the DLCs because I dont own the base game). I think I have some unused keys of the games from those GoGo, Groupees, Bunchkeys bundles. I hope I find the time soon to check the keys from the bundles.
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So here is a checked list of full bundles
-Indie Gala 8 Floor Bundle
Not working:
Gnomes Garden
Solitaire Christmas. Match 2 Cards
Gems of the Aztecs
Gnumz: Masters of Defense
Contract With The Devil
Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes Collector's Edition
Royal Defense
Fort Defense
Working:
Chronicles of the Witches and Warlocks
Alice's Patchwork
Royal Defense - Invisible Threat - DLC
Fort Defense - Atlantic Ocean - DLC
Fort Defense - Bermuda Triangle - DLC
-Bunch Keys #8 8Floor & Joybits Bundle
All keys working
-Groupees 8floor Bundle
Not working:
Chronicles of the witches and warlocks
Contract with the devil
Fort Defense
Gems of the Aztecs
Gnomes Garden
Gnumz Masters of Defense
Portal of Evil
Royal Defense
Solitaire Christmas Match 2 Cards
Working:
Alice's Patchworks
Doodle Kingdom
Fort Defense - Bermuda Triangle DLC
Gnomes Garden 2
Royal Defense Invisible Threat DLC
-Groupees 8floor/JoyBits 2 Bundle
Not working:
Chronicles of the witches and warlocks
Contract with the devil
Fort Defense
Gems of the Aztecs
Gnomes Garden
Gnumz Masters of Defense
Portal of Evil
Royal Defense
Solitaire Christmas Match 2 Cards
Working:
Alice's Patchworks
Alice's Patchworks 2
Day D - Ice Age DLC
Day D - Time Mayhem DLC
Day D - Tower Rush
Doodle God
Doodle Kingdom
Fort Defense - Atlantic Ocean DLC
Fort Defense - Bermuda Triangle DLC
Gnomes Garden 2
Iron Sea - Lost Land DLC
Iron Sea - The West Coast DLC
Iron Sea Defenders
Mahjong World Contest
Royal Defense Invisible Threat DLC
Solitaire Beach Season
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Thank you so much for this!
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Just for for completion's sake:
My key for Fort Defense from Groupees Build a 8Floor/Joybits Bundle (second to last column) did work.
The keys from Groupees: 8Floor/Joybits 2 Bundle and Groupees: The Casual Bundle #7 (both not in your table) however, didn't work.
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Lists to use:
Unused Keys Revoked: https://barter.vg/notices/513
Revoked (Dev): https://barter.vg/notices/362
Revoked (DMCA): https://barter.vg/notices/361
Duplicates: https://barter.vg/notices/372
If you want this information for one game specifically, you can find it under the "Notices" section for the Barter entry of that game.
(Example: https://barter.vg/i/42708/ then scroll down to "Notices": you'll see the red notice "Revoked (Dev) โซ"; mouseovering it will give you some more info)
Thanks to everyone who reported their key revocations here. Please continue reporting them here. You folks are awesome!
Due to character limit, time constraints and having to manually create the chart rows, it's very difficult to keep a list on revocations on SteamGifts. Since I am the one managing these notices on Barter anyway, I thought it would be convenient to centralize the reports from SteamGifts and trade offers into one place and Barter proved to be a good solution for that because of its bundles and game database.
The below lists will not be updated on SG any more, but all your reports will be reflected on Barter, so please continue reporting them.
Previous links, for reference:
A list of games completely revoked from your library after activation
A list of games whose unredeemed keys were revoked (the big chart that was previously in this thread was moved here)
More games with invalidated keys can be found here.
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