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According to TorrentFreak, Serious Sam's Bogus Detour [Steam] is being pirated by Voksi, one of the people known for cracking Denuvo.

In this article, Torrent freak describes how the pirate Voksi is a fan of the Serious Sam Franchise and was actually a beta tester of Serious Sam, as well as being listed in the credits for that reason.

The game was released in June which included day-1 Linux support. Despite positive reviews and a "Very Positive" user rating on steam, 6 months later, the game didn't even cover development costs, let alone make a profit. It was a flop!

Voksi contacted the developers and they agreed to have him pirate the game for marketing purposes. They created a special build that's fully playable, even with network play. The special build is slightly less polished and always displays a message at the bottom of the screen saying, 

We are small indie studio. If you liked the game, please consider buying it. Thank you and enjoy the game!

While the special build is for Windows, these developers are unconventional in their methods. They support Linux which unfortunately is also unconventional in the gaming industry. Serious Sam's Bogus detour has been mentioned here a few times before on GOL. (Note: It is available on GOG as well, but not the Linux version)

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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jgacas Mar 14, 2018
Bought the game long time ago and loved it. It's sad it did not get more attention from gamers.
Jollt Mar 14, 2018
Oh wow, that's interesting, really hope it helps them!

Since Steam Linux version and Steam being good with refunds I never pirated a game anymore, I just wish devs and publishers put a demo for we to try out, I must say most games I won't even buy to test because I think it will not run or not being good enough for the hassle. I have all Serious Sam games on Fusion but never tried this one, I guess the marketing worked for me I will try out :D
thewho Mar 14, 2018
A reason more to buy this game :)
logge Mar 14, 2018
Quoting: thewhoA reason more to buy this game :)
For me too :)
Wendigo Mar 14, 2018
Quote... being pirated with permission from the developer
"When I was young"™ this was called "Freeware".
sn0rlax Mar 14, 2018
I've never played a Serious Sam game, because shooters aren't my thing and hectic shooters really aren't my thing. But I did love Smash TV.

Never would have known about this game were it not for the piracy news. Buying it! Looks fun.
Maweki Mar 14, 2018
The description on the steam page is seriously lacking. They don't mention Couch-Co-Op but it has the badge on the right side. How many people can couch-co-op? Twelve? Four? Two?
robvv Mar 14, 2018
It is a great game and I bought it upon release, but I support these efforts by the devs and Voksi. Shame it didn't sell well :-(
Hamish Mar 14, 2018
Quoting: Wendigo"When I was young"™ this was called "Freeware".
More like Shareware really, with it being a less polished version with a beg screen to buy the full game.
g000h Mar 14, 2018
Bought the game for Linux a few months back, soon after it was released. Installed it and played it for a while. In my opinion it has decent game play and I was enjoying it, and plan to come back to playing it some more eventually.

Thinking it is a shame that it isn't generating more sales. It is a good game!
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