Dev of horror hit Iron Lung raises price from $6 to $8 because "I want to earn more money," and says if you don't like it, you can "go pirate it or something"
Dec. 18, 2023“If I didn’t want to earn money from them I wouldn’t charge money for them.”
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“Since people keep trying to gotcha me over this… once again, Iron Lung’s price went up because the game is worth $8 so I want to charge $8, because I want to earn more money,” Szymanski said in a recentTwitter threadwhich – and I’ve double-checked this – contains zero minced words. “If you don’t agree with this price, I don’t want your money. Go pirate it or something idc.”
Szymanski skewers the argument that “he’s only doing this for money” by pointing out that, yes, that’s exactly the point. Or as he puts it: “Yes, no fucking shit, I make games for a living. If I didn’t want to earn money from them I wouldn’t charge money for them.
“I like the business model of ‘I want money so I make something that I think is worth money, and you pay me that money and you get the thing, and we’re all happy.’ That’s it. There’s nothing complicated or hidden here.
“If you don’t think the things I make are worth the money I charge, that’s completely ok,” Szymanski concludes. “Don’t buy them, or wait for a deep sale, or go the sneaky route and get them for free or whatever, and please tell me that so I can adjust the prices for whatever I release next.”
Szymanski says this will be the last price change to Iron Lung, and hopes “this won’t ever need [to be] discussed again.” Since Iron Lung, he’s also released the definitive $8 version of horror hunting gameSquirrel Staplerand the $5 micro FPSChop Goblins, both to glowing reception on Steam.
Iron Lung was such a hit thatYouTube star Markiplier is writing, producing, and starring in an Iron Lung film, with Szymanski “heavily involved” in production. A trailer released in Octobermakes good on its promise as the bloodiest horror movie of all time.
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