Steam Now Offers 90-Minute Game Trials, Starting With Dead Space

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Steam Now Offers 90-Minute Game Trials, Starting With Dead Space

The Dead Space remake is playable for 90 minutes for free.

www.gamespot.com

Valve now offers Steam game trials, starting with 2023's Dead Space remake. Previously, players could buy a game on the platform and then return it within a two-hour window, but this new trial feature makes things a bit easier for consumers.

It seems only Dead Space has a trial available on Steam right now, but the feature may come to other games later on. With Dead Space, you don't need to purchase the game to play during the 90-minute trial period. The Dead Space trial isn't restricted to a certain point in the game, allowing players to explore as much as they want within the 90-minute period.

Valve and other publishers are likely watching this new feature closely to see if it's worth implementing across other games. The Dead Space remake is currently available for $48 on Steam. Game trials on Steam are noteworthy since recent PC ports of popular games such as The Last of Us Part I and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor have been poorly received, mainly due to performance issues.

Giving players a chance to try games first could alleviate some of the frustrations of poorly optimized PC games, though it's unclear if Steam trials will become more ubiquitous.

 

[Tunez]

In

 

[rdj]

Best gaming platform getting even better

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Summerville dev ain’t gone like this.

No way devs should be expected to compel players to keep playing their game in 90 minutes

 

[old pig]

thanks!

I was gonna buy dead space remake on steam once there was a decent sale…wouldn’t mind playing the demo to see how it runs tho

 

[xiceman191]

I wonder if the 90 minute trial counts as the 2-hour gameplay limit for refunds

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I wonder if the 90 minute trial counts as the 2-hour gameplay limit for refunds

Precisely. Just a way to eliminate refunds since folks buy, play for five minutes, and refund.

Honestly, the lack of demos nowadays is crazy puzzling and would make a shyt load of difference to help Devs with sales, as they will not worry about gamepass woes or refunds.

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

Summerville dev ain’t gone like this.

No way devs should be expected to compel players to keep playing their game in 90 minutes

I think this is optional