Valve have yet to formally announce this new approach.

It’s a popular move already, but there are a few complaints about the execution.

Valve’s labels only seem to apply to gaps between full public updates.

The early access info box from the Steam storepage for Heartbound, captured 5th February 2025

At what point do you declare the patient dead on the operating table?

I will never buy something for what it might become.

Embrace presence, I say.

The future makes oafs of us all.

Valve have made a show of cracking down on slippery Steam practices lately.

Back in November, theytightened the rules for games with delayed season pass DLC.