Czech game development studio Amanita Design has announced that it will donate 100% of its proceeds from March 26 to April 2 to support humanitarian relief in Ukraine. The announcement caused an uproar among russian Steam users, who armed themselves with keyboards and started review bombing Amanita’s cult classic games Machinarium, Botanicula, and Samorost.
Amanita for Ukraine Sale Event
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Amanita Design announced that it will donate 100% of the proceeds from all its games and DLC to People in Need to support humanitarian relief in Ukraine.
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The studio has also publicly condemned russian aggression against Ukraine, stating that “Russian forces continue their invasion, committing war crimes and atrocities against civilians.”
“Your contribution will help provide food, warmth, home repairs, and essential care to families and individuals suffering under the ongoing Russian aggression,” the studio wrote.
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The event started March 26 and will last until April 2, 7:00 p.m. CET.
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You can still support the game studio and their cause, by following the link.
Review bombers are attacking Amanita Design
Despite the donations going to support only civilians, russian users on Steam have taken it personally to harass the Czech studio and leave numerous negative reviews and comments under Amanita’s games.
The review bombers are calling Amanita “bloody hypocrites” and “nazi supporters”, saying that the studio has become “too political”, and wishing the studio to “go bankrupt.”
Negative comments under Amanita Design store page. Screenshots: Steam
Negative comments under Amanita Design store page. Screenshots: Steam
Negative comments under Amanita Design store page. Screenshots: Steam
Negative comments under Amanita Design store page. Screenshots: Steam
Negative comments under Amanita Design store page. Screenshots: Steam
The matter was first noticed by Reddit user Hloyar, who also commented on the situation:
“I would just like to ask you to support the developers by buying their games. Not everyone in the gaming industry can express their opinions so openly in support of Ukraine in the fourth year of a full-scale invasion.”
Despite russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine, russian players continue to assert their aggressive stance in the gaming community.
Earlier, AIN reported that russian players stole an early build of STALKER 2 and blackmailed the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World to reinstate the Russian localization. Subsequently, these players began bombarding the STALKER developer's page and the upcoming game with negative reviews.
