Valve hasn’t formally announced the feature, but both Eurogamer and PC Gamer point it out as first highlighted by SteamDB. One example where you can see this warning in action is the store listing for Cavern Kings, which flags that its developers have not updated the game in over eight years.
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That’s probably long enough to safely say the game is abandoned (though the developer has since worked on another title). On the other hand, Pirate Software’s Heartbound currently has a warning for not being updated in 13 months. And the recent “mostly negative” user reviews track with that. But the developer just posted an update note in January to explain the hiatus, and also dropped a patch days ago on February 1st. So, this may not be a fully fleshed-out or foolproof feature just yet.
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That’s probably long enough to safely say the game is abandoned (though the developer has since worked on another title). On the other hand, Pirate Software’s Heartbound currently has a warning for not being updated in 13 months. And the recent “mostly negative” user reviews track with that. But the developer just posted an update note in January to explain the hiatus, and also dropped a patch days ago on February 1st. So, this may not be a fully fleshed-out or foolproof feature just yet.
Steam now warns you if an ‘early access’ PC game might be abandoned
Buyer beware, but still do your research.
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