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x-note and Train of Afterlife games revoken from accounts after 6 years - steam restored games

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Csontzuzo

A Steam Product code you activated has been removed from your account.

30 Jun, 2015
X-note

A 6+years old activation. No clue what is this game btw.

Guess from an old low quality bundle?

Edit: looks like it was from Indiegala - Every Monday #66 from 6 years ago.

edit 2: there are reports users losing Train of Afterlife too, a friend lost it, who got it from a fanatical bundle, so it is not just a missclick when happens for multiple games.

edit 3:
looks like Dev claiming he did this accidently. Is it believable? Hard to believe this, when he done it for multiple games, but that is just my opinion. Well, the answer is here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/337940/discussions/0/4241812037689890854/

edit 4:
Looks like Valve gave up the "your mess, we won't clean up after it" policy, and unlike previous times, when they not helped to restore the games after "accidental" removals, this time they did, so without any task or e-mail affected games now reappeared again on the account.

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JadeNic

Dev posted here

3 years ago
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NegimaSonic

Nice to see there's an attempt to correct it, at least.

3 years ago
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Nekrux

I got my key back today without getting in touch with the dev. I guess He resolved the issue with Steam.

3 years ago
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msboring27

Got the game back in my account already, I'm glad the dev solved it. I hope he won't suffer too much damage from this accident.

3 years ago
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Berion83

I wonder why no one has sued Valve in the US yet. Wikipedia says that the law of exhaustion also applies there so Valve does not have the right to remove someone's game license, especially since it is not even a party to the transaction.
Where are the organizations defending consumer rights?

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Csontzuzo

perhaps they did. As previously Valve not helped developers to restore key activation games to the affected accounts. This time they did.

3 years ago
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hbarkas

The game was re-added automagically to my library. The dev has redeemed himself and I change my review to positive.
Still there should be safeguards in place to prevent such rash actions.

+++Don't forget to update your reviews+++

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spodamayn

Weird, I didn't think it was possible for Steam keys to be reinstated. Never seen it happen when revokes have occured in the past

3 years ago
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FateOfOne
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I have to admit I'm kinda stunned atm. I know it's possible for Valve to reverse this, but they just don't do it. This is the first case I've known of where they actually did it. Now I'm really interested on all the details of what happened.

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Closed 3 years ago by Csontzuzo.