Steam has added a new warning to the Steam pages of early-access games that have not been updated in a long time.

The Steam notice can tell you if a game that still needs work hasn’t been updated in months or even years.

Valve now warns players about inactive games in Early Access to prevent purchasing abandoned projects. Games with over a year of inactivity receive a warning, with 20+ months labeled as high risk.

Have you ever come across an Early Access game on Steam, decided it looked pretty cool and downloaded it, only to realize it ...

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