Terms of Service
The rules for using this website and the RecursionSplash online services behind our games.
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1. Agreement
These Terms govern your use of recursionsplashgames.com and the online services that support our games (leaderboards, cloud progression, the global counter, in-game events). By using them you accept these Terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the services.
The games themselves are additionally governed by the End User Licence Agreement, and distribution is governed by Valve's Steam Subscriber Agreement.
2. Who may use the services
You must be at least 13 years old (or 16, where local law requires it). If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may only use the services with the consent of a parent or guardian.
3. Your account
Your identity on our services is tied to your Steam account. You are responsible for keeping that account secure. We are not liable for loss arising from someone else using your Steam credentials.
We may suspend or terminate access to online services if you:
- Cheat, automate, exploit or otherwise manipulate game systems in ways not offered by the game itself;
- Attempt to disrupt, overload, reverse engineer or gain unauthorised access to our infrastructure;
- Harass other players or staff;
- Use the services for anything unlawful.
4. Virtual items and currencies
Any in-game currency, item, pet, boost or collectable is a limited, revocable, non-transferable licence to use a digital feature of the game. It is not your property, has no monetary value, and cannot be redeemed for cash.
We may modify, rebalance, add, remove or reset virtual items as part of normal game operation. In an Early Access title in particular, balance changes are expected and are not a defect.
5. Purchases and refunds
Purchases are processed by Valve through Steam. Refunds are handled under Steam's refund policy, not by us directly. Where consumer law grants you additional rights, those rights are unaffected by this section.
6. Early Access
Community Button is distributed in Early Access. That means:
- Features may change, be replaced, or be removed.
- Balance and economy values will be adjusted based on live data.
- Service interruptions are more likely than in a finished product.
- We intend to preserve player progress across updates, but cannot guarantee it in the event of a critical fault.
7. Availability
Our online services are provided on an "as available" basis. We do not guarantee uninterrupted uptime, and we may take services offline for maintenance, or discontinue them entirely with reasonable notice.
8. User content
If you submit feedback, bug reports or suggestions, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use them without obligation or compensation. You keep ownership of anything you create; we simply need permission to act on what you send us.
9. Intellectual property
The games, this website, our logos, artwork, music, code and brand names are owned by RecursionSplash and protected by copyright and trade mark law. The limited permissions for press and content creators are set out on our press page.
10. Disclaimers and liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the services are provided without warranties of any kind, and our aggregate liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded.
11. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of Canada, and disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of its courts.
12. Changes
We may update these Terms. Material changes will be posted here and announced in the devlog. Continued use after a change means you accept the revised Terms.