Pico Park: Classic Edition developer inadvertently makes game perpetually free on Steam
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Key points
- Pico Park: Classic Edition was made perpetually free on Steam by the developer by accident.
- The developer doesn’t feeling regret based on his X post.
- Pico Park: Classic Edition was released on April 28, 2016.
On Oct. 5, 2025, Pico Park creator Shunsuke Miyako announced on X that the game Pico Park: Classic Edition had been accidentally made free. He said that due to Steam’s policies, turning a game free twice will lock out the creator from making it paid again.
“I tried updating it and going back to paid, but I forgot that once you go from paid to free, you can never go back to paid!” said Miyako, which was translated via Google Translate. While this might be devastating to some indie developers, Miyako is at peace with it. “If you enjoy this free version, try the rest of the series,” he added.
The first time Pico Park: Classic Edition was made free was in 2021 during the release of the original Pico Park on Steam. As of the writing of this article, there are three Pico Park games on Steam: Pico Park, Pico Park: Classic Edition and Pico Park 2.
Pico Park: Classic Edition is a multiplayer puzzle game, and the edition that was mistakenly made free can accommodate up to 10 players.
The game currently has a “Very Positive” review score on Steam and even reached a new all-time peak player on Oct. 7, possibly due to it being free.
