Some good honest game companies

[Shemiroth]

Which game developers are the best?

Not ripping people off with stupid dlcs or micro transactions. Just making good games and listening to the players?

[Mr. Midori]

Nintendo, sort of.

[Danksama]

Bay12 games

[King Of Nothing]

Originally posted by General George S. Patton Jr.:

Nintendo, sort of.

>Amiibos
>Dlcs
>They have a strict cease and desist policy for their IPs
>They turn down every fanmade game
>The prices of their games never goes down

[🜂∴🜏 Cassie]

If we ignore CS:GO and TF2, I would say Valve does a good job. They released DLCs for Left 4 Dead 2 for free.

[Feetlover20988]

Obsidian and from-software

[Sirens]

Rockstar

[We are in the Beam]

Relogic

[Radene]

Black Isle

[Aznees]

ID Software.

[Midnight Sky ✨🌙✨]

Originally posted by R Λ i D Ξ N:

If we ignore CS:GO and TF2, I would say Valve does a good job. They released DLCs for Left 4 Dead 2 for free.

I won't ignore them because what they did with CSGO and TF2 is much more recent than L4D2.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

Re-logic. Every Terraria update has been free. The only thing they sell seperate is the ost.

[Rockstarpurpp]

Originally posted by DeadSirens:

Rockstar

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Ones I've personally had experience with:

Last Dimension (games: Mystik Belle, Ultionus)

A one-man devteam who is a professional sprite artist himself. Responds personally within a day to customer feedback, doing troubleshooting and tech support and also listening to suggestions for improving the game. Has been continuously active improving his games (at least Mystik Belle which I've paid more attention to) since its release, despite low sales. Has been working on a game called Legend of Iya for years now (and I should mention I backed its kickstarter).

Nihon Falcom, usually just known as Falcom (selected games: Ys series, Trails in the Sky). Most of their work that's released in the west on PC has been localized/published by XSEED.

Japanese developers have generally been really wary about piracy and thus are hesitant to abandon DRM schemes, but in contrast, Falcom has embraced DRM-free gaming (and soundtracks, too, which are available on Amazon DRM-free). All their releases through XSEED are available on GOG, Humble Store (offering both DRM-free direct download and Steam key), and Steam (where the games are gradually being changed to remove Steam DRM thanks to the work of XSEED's programmer Sara). XSEED's Sara frequently shows up on the forums to discuss and support the games, and tech support continues to be actively available for them. XSEED also cares to update their games to improve consistency of setting/story elements with newer releases -- especially important for the Trails metaseries, which is very heavy on setting details and has had releases dating from 2004 (English PC releases dating from 2013). This is on top of the games being generally very well-regarded in their own right, as well as for their impressive soundtracks (especially the Ys series).

Suits and Sandals (currently only has Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls on Steam, but has other games on its own site[www.suitgames.com])

Their only game on Steam is just a free game, with optional and one entirely cosmetic purchaseable DLC (it's just a costume for the main character that changes no gameplay), but the game has undergone lots of updates and improvements since its release, and it is an absolute blast to play thanks to its smooth and responsive controls and its humorous script. More importantly, though, the dev is readily available to respond to tech support requests and receive suggestions for improvement. (He is also active in the game's fandom.)

[Ëvïlnïck8 ゴゴゴ]

I would say some indie devs or lesser known devs out there.

I have yet to see a large company that does not ♥♥♥♥ something up with its pricing, DLC, bugs or pratices that hurt the costumer.

Does not mean they are neccesarily evil companies, but not perfect either.

[Polverrati]

Re-Logic, Fromsoftware, Amplitude, Techland, and obviously CD Projekt Red.