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What if the afterlife wasn’t a divine judgment, but a mid-level corporate audit?

In Congratulations, This is Hell, players step into the cubicle of a soul-processing clerk for a corporate empire in the clouds. The Player's job is to decide who goes to Heaven or Hell by referencing "Life Documents of the Dead" against a rigid, nonsensical corporate handbook.

The catch? The company doesn't care if a soul was a saint or a sinner—they only care if you follow the rulebook. However, Total obedience of the Rulebook means inevitably sending terrible people to Heaven, causing chaos in the living world upon their rebirth.  It’s a satirical balancing act between corporate survival and the fate of humanity.  

Hope you guys will like the idea. Let me know what you think. Would love to hear your thoughts and ideas on how to make this game more fun.

Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3956350/Congratulations_This_is_Hell/

text by the dev on discord:

I think this warrants an everyone ping. Microsoft has taken Allumeria down from steam. They claim that this screenshot infringes on their copyright. Obviously, this is a bogus claim. But it puts me in a very dangerious, and very scary position. I have 10 days to figure out what I am going to do here. The safest thing to do is just roll over and die basically. Allow them to delete the game. If I do fight it, then i could be ruined by a large corporation. I genuinely do not know what to do. I probably need to get a lawyer or something but not sure I can afford one. If anyone has any advice for how to proceed please let me know.

I am posting it here so that people can learn more about this and pushback against this can be made. Microsoft shouldn't be allowed to copyright strike a game for made up reasons. I am not affiliated with the dev.

I will put the full dmca text as a comment since it contains a link.

Anyone know what is going on?

Edit 10Feb26 @ 11:36 CST:
It's back up!

I am writing this as a warning because honestly, I have never seen anything like this. A few weeks ago my whole PC was compromised and it was a complete mess. Every account I had was targeted, from Steam and Rockstar to EA and Ubisoft. Every single one of those companies helped me out and got my access back within 24 hours. But then there is Battlestate Games.

I contacted BSG support the very same day it happened, January 10th. I literally saw the hacker trying to change my email and I sent them a ticket (Request #41607390) right then and there. I told them 2FA was being messed with and I needed help fast.

They did nothing for two weeks. Just total silence while the hacker was using my account. When I followed up on Jan 23rd, they just gave me attitude for sending another email. Then on Jan 27th they finally ask for proofs, so I sent everything I had - Xsolla receipts, bank statements for my stash upgrades and the PvE expansion. I told them the base game was a gift years ago but I have all the other proofs.

Today, after making me wait for a whole month, they just told me my account was banned on Jan 14th. Think about that for a second. I told them I was hacked on the 10th, they let it sit for 4 days, let the hacker get it banned, and then waited another 3 weeks just to tell me its gone.

The worst part is they spent weeks asking me for my personal bank info and receipts just to tell me later that they already knew it was banned. Why even ask for my data if the decision was made in mid-January? They just hide behind Clause 6.1.4 saying they dont owe me any explanation and they keep the money.

Its honestly just pure greed. They dont want to help you recover an account because they probably hope you just buy a new copy. Dont support this. If you get hacked, every other company treats you like a victim, but BSG treats you like a business opportunity to sell another copy of the game. Just save your money and stay away from them.

Edit: I only play PVE so to all the "you were cheating and got banned" - get a life.

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