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Under normal circumstances, developers desperately want people to buy their games from Steam.<\/p>\n

But when it comes to The Sinking City, these are very much not normal circumstances.<\/p>\n

The H. P. Lovecraft-inspired horror adventure returned to Steam yesterday – and it didn’t take long for the developer to warn potential customers not to buy the game.<\/p>\n

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Under normal circumstances, developers desperately want people to buy their games from Steam. But when it comes to The Sinking City, these are very much not normal circumstances. The H. P. Lovecraft-inspired horror adventure returned to Steam yesterday – and it didn’t take long for the developer to warn potential customers not to buy the game. 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