{"id":344149,"date":"2025-08-05T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=392168"},"modified":"2025-08-05T08:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:28:10","slug":"the-creators-of-this-indie-success-prefer-that-you-pirate-their-game-rather-than-play-a-bad-copy-of-roblox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-creators-of-this-indie-success-prefer-that-you-pirate-their-game-rather-than-play-a-bad-copy-of-roblox\/","title":{"rendered":"The creators of this indie success prefer that you pirate their game rather than play a bad copy of Roblox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its launch in June, Peak has emerged as an unexpected viral success on the Steam platform, remaining in the top 15 of the most played games. <strong>This title from Aggro Crab Games has joined the list of contemporary indie phenomena like R.E.P.O. and Phasmophobia, standing out for its unique and fun approach to climbing mechanics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Always better the original<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, this success has attracted unwanted attention from clone creators. A notable case is the game Cliff on Roblox, developed by PewStudio, which has been heavily criticized for its obvious similarity to Peak. <strong>Although the game is presented as a tribute, both its art and mechanics unmistakably resemble those of Peak, which has raised eyebrows among the original creators.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CLIFF - Roblox Fullwalkthrough\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YY4XA8wk_N0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cliff has managed to capture the attention of players, with over 7,000 active users and 59,173 favorites on Roblox, but its business model, which includes microtransactions for the purchase of tools and pets, has been met with disapproval. In this context,<strong> <\/strong>the developers at Peak have preferred that<strong> their followers pirate their game rather than opt for this &#8220;derivative full of microtransactions,&#8221; as stated by the official Aggro Crab account in a tweet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This type of reaction is not new in the PC developer community, which at times has promoted piracy as an option for those who cannot afford games on the market. Previous cases include the creators of Ultrakill and Loop Hero, who have expressed similar stances. <strong>Thus, the controversy generated by Cliff not only highlights the challenge that indie developers face against the proliferation of clones, but also reopens the debate on access and the valuation of video games in the digital realm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its launch in June, Peak has emerged as an unexpected viral success on the Steam platform, remaining in the top 15 of the most played games. This title from Aggro Crab Games has joined the list of contemporary indie phenomena like R.E.P.O. and Phasmophobia, standing out for its unique and fun approach to climbing mechanics. Always better the original However, this success has attracted unwanted attention from clone creators. A notable case is the game Cliff on Roblox, developed by PewStudio, which has been harshly criticized for its obvious similarity to Peak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":344150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[14644,2471,12109,14645,8854,6741,9448,1108,8653],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-344149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-aggro-crag-games","tag-loop-hero","tag-peak","tag-pewstudio","tag-phasmophobia","tag-pirateria","tag-r-e-p-o-2","tag-roblox","tag-ultrakill","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344171,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344149\/revisions\/344171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344149"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=344149"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=344149"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=344149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}