After Payment Processor Nonpayment, Embers Adrift Migrating to Steam, Will Be Temporarily Free to Play With All Perks

Embers Adrift will migrate over to Steam—and be temporarily free to play in the meantime–after Stormhaven Studios terminated its contract with its payment processor for nonpayment.

The processor in question is Digital River, which the team claims, in the announcement of Embers Adrift’s big move, failed to pay the independent studio. While they had been “reliable” before, Digital River subsequently did not pay as expected, and even tried to adjust the payment amount. However, even with repeated inquiries, no payment came out, so after sending documented legal demands and receiving no response, the studio terminated the contract. All existing subscriptions were through Digital River, and they’ve been canceled.

“Stormhaven Studios is taking decisive action to ensure the continued support and development of our game” and this means the big move to Steam. This also means making sure that everyone can play the game without interruptions, so they are temporarily making Embers Adrift available for free with all subscriber perks in effect while they work on the migration. 

The estimate on the migration is that it will take a few months, so this is how they’ve chosen to minimize disruption. When the migration is complete, expect a return to their existing buy to play with an optional subscription (and free trial)  monetization model. They acknowledge the difficulty of the situation but put forth the determination to move forward. 

With Embers Adrift recently holding a successful second anniversary event, it is a good time for those who might have been on the fence to jump in and see what the team has been working on.

Stormhaven has set up a donation page for those who want to help the team with the costs of running things while they make these big changes.