Of all the indies that were published last year, there were several that stood out above the rest, including Loop Hero, developed by Four Quarters, a studio based in Russiaso it has been affected by the conflict with Ukraine that has been going on for several weeks.
The company is one of many that has positioned itself against the war, but unfortunately, due to the place where it is based, it is being affected by the economic sanctions to which the country is subjected. This implies that they are currently not receiving any income from sales through Steam for their use of state banks.
The reason is because Visa and Mastercard communicated that locally issued cards will not work, which is also a problem for users who rely on using these cards to purchase games on Steam. Therefore, this situation has led Four Quarters to take an alternative solution so that no one is left without being able to play their title.
A) Yes has encouraged from his Twitter account for all users to raise the pirate flag and download free Loop Hero by torrent. In fact, it was Russia itself that legalized the distribution of unauthorized copies after numerous companies chose to ban the sale of their products in the country, including Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and Epic Games.
It is on RuTracker, the most popular torrent tracker of Russian origin, that the game can be found (with the use of a VPN) for download without paying anything in return. However, from the comments posted, it can be seen that, although there are people who appreciate this decision, there are people who consider this act a betrayal of Russia. In any case, Four Quarters remains adamant that it rejects the war completely.