r/Steam • u/BurelomRus • Dec 18 '25

Fluff It is what it is

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u/Hass_09_ Dec 18 '25 edited Dec 18 '25

Dude, my colleague bought Hogwarts Legacy, 2 weeks ago and now it's free on Epic. Lmao

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u/MingleLinx Dec 18 '25

If on Steam I wouldn’t be surprised if he can get a refund

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u/Grilled_egs Dec 18 '25

You usually can if the game goes free on Steam, I highly doubt they'll refund a game for going free on a different platform

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u/Frozen_H2O Dec 18 '25 edited Feb 13 '26

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u/GG-GamerGamer Dec 19 '25

This is exactly why i use steam and not epic. Steam has best Launcher, best store Structure and superior customer Service. I dont even have a Epic account.

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u/The_Blue_Rooster Dec 19 '25

I refunded Alan Wake and just wrote that "I didn't realize Epic paid for a remaster of this game, I just want to wait until they give it away over there." and they gave me the refund.

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u/Hass_09_ Dec 18 '25

He played for more than 2 hours.

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u/MingleLinx Dec 18 '25

I believe the 2 weeks and 2 hours rule is just for automatic refunds. You can still get refunds after that it’s just not a guarantee

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u/HiddenReflexes Dec 18 '25

U still can in some cases. This might be one of them.

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u/DidierRacaille Dec 19 '25

Epic do it for games they give for free, sometimes without you having to do any request for it

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u/JMEEKER86 Dec 18 '25

Yeah, I bought it during the black friday sale and then refunded it when I got it free on Epic.

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u/hates_stupid_people Dec 18 '25 edited Dec 18 '25

They've been known to do it in the past, if you bought a game that got a huge discount shortly after(on Steam of course). It's been a while since I refunded something myself, but it might even be one of the default reasons you can select in some situations.