The developer of Slay the Princess is encouraging those who can't afford it to pirate the game as a new Markiplier video goes viral.

It's well-deserved confidence. The game alone would have been intriguing with just the sheer amount of choice that's available, but the fact that it's all excellently voiced is icing on the truly delicious cake. It's one of those games that probably will only keep your attention for one or two full playthroughs, but those playthroughs will definitely be different for every person. If you want to give it a shot during the Summer Sale, you can finish at least the first part of a playthrough well under the refund time for Steam, in case it's not your kind of game.

I saw some previous news coverage of the Devs saying they'd rather players pirate it than have it spoiled for them, and I went in blind and bought it full price. I don't generally play this kind of game but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Their other game is on par or even better. Check that out if you dig Slay the Princess.

Despite some of my objections, I almost feel like you have to pirate Ubisoft games. Their launcher ruins nearly every single Ubisoft game I’ve played and makes the games crashy, unplayable messes even when the games themselves are enjoyable.

Yeah there are a few games that you can try the demo on Steam but you'd think that'd be a more common thing. With full digital, it's even easier then the old shareware methods

That doesn’t entitle someone to their time and effort, though.

Well most of those people wouldn't have bought it anyway

“I already beat the game, why would I pay for it?” This must be especially common for big AAA games too.

Yes, and, also unfortunately, people here will bend over backwards to justify it.