Why?
Over two years have passed since the original release of Terra Feminarum. We have updated both the game content and the price of the game more or less frequently after the release. Terra Feminarum was funded purely by student loan money and the purpose of selling the game was to get some of that money back, the best case scenario break even.
Like in game industry in general, very tiny part of released games break even. Most of them don't sell more than a few copies. We sold a total of 1,675 copies and most of purhcases were made during Steam sale events. We didn't break even, but the amount of units sold exceeded all our expectations, Thank You!
We are not students anymore and have day jobs to pay the remaining balance of the loan. We don't see a reason not to make the game free now. Games are meant to be played, and making Terra Feminarum free will hopefully make more people give it a chance.
When?
Pricing change such as this will need to be done by Valve. We will make the game Free right away when Valve have given us rights to trigger the pricing change.
Edit: 30-Apr-20, The change is done. The game is free from here to eternity!
What to do if I just bought the game?
You can request a refund if the request is made within required return period. More info about refunds can be found from https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/.
I played Terra Feminarum and liked it! How can I support you now when there's no possibility to pay for the game anymore?
The best way to support us is to give us constructive feedback of the game, especially of things that was especially good or bad. You can give the feedback by writing a review, making a topic to community hub or contacting us on twitter (@polarnightgames). That feedback will be invaluable for us on the develoment of our next title.
Other way to support us greatly is to spread the word about the game. Tell your friends, tweet about it, let people know that the game exists.
Future plans
We are working on our next project. It will be a pure passion project this time, too. It will be shmup and there will be strong influences from Finnish mythology in it. You can also expect it to be quite different from Terra Feminarum! Please follow us on Twitter (@polarnightgames) if you want to share the develoment journey with us.
Shooting game never die.
- Polar Night Games.
