FNaF World hit Steam early, as is the case with most Five Nights game, but that early release may have been a bit premature in this case. FNaF World is a whole new take on the franchise, leaving the jump scare filled single room, and replacing it with a grand RPG adventure. The released with a number of bugs, as well as missing features, but did manage to hold an 87% review score on Steam. Still, the games creator Scott Cawthon wasn’t happy with the reviews and issues plaguing the botched release. Last week he assured players that he had indeed jumped the gun on the release, and was working hard to make things right.
Now it seems that he has gone one step further and pulled the game completely from the Steam store. While this may be a bummer to many, Cawthon said all player that purchased the game will get a full refund, regardless of how much time they have put into the game (Steam currently only offers returns on games played less than 2 hours). But he is also going one step further by stating that when the game is fixed and finalized he will be making it completely free.
Cawthon made the following statement on the Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 news page,
Hi everyone, I wanted to make a post about the fate of FNaF World. Even though the game had a “Very Positive” rating with 87%, I was not satisfied with the reviews and ratings it was getting.
For that reason, I’ve decided to remove the game from Steam. I’ve also asked Valve to make it so that the game can be refunded regardless of the amount of the time it has been owned, meaning that anyone can get a refund at any time. It may take them a while to set that up, but it will be in place soon.
I’m still going to work on FNaF World and polish it up. I’m busy creating a fully 3D overworld for the game. When I’m ready to update the game, I will replace the demo currently on GameJolt with the full game. From this point forward, the game will always be free.
I appreciate your support, and I encourage you all to refund your Steam game (even if you enjoyed the game), and download the new version when it becomes available on GameJolt. 🙂
It’s really nice to see a developer taking responsibility for issues, even when fans clearly were fine with them and would have waited, but even more impressive that he is making the game free because of the issues. A class act through and through.
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