• You are licensing the Game from us, not buying ownership of it.
• We own the Game and its content. You may play it and share gameplay videos, but you may not resell, modify, or reverse-engineer it.
• You agree to play fairly — no cheating, no harassment, no exploits, no commercial exploitation of in-game content.
• In-game items and currency (Ore Scrips, Slag, Crown Steel, plates, cosmetics) have no real-world value and cannot be transferred or cashed out.
• We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.
• Purchases and refunds are handled by the platform you bought through (Steam or Epic). We do not process refunds directly.
• Any disputes are governed by Texas law and resolved in Texas courts.

• Provide accurate, current, and complete registration information, and keep it updated.
• Maintain the confidentiality of your login credentials and be responsible for all activity under your account.
• Notify us immediately at support@pixelforgearcade.com of any unauthorized use or security breach.
• Not share, lend, sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your account to anyone else.
• Not create or maintain more than one active account to circumvent suspensions or bans.

• Copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, or sublicense any part of the Game or Service.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive source code from any part of the Game, except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this restriction.
• Remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices.
• Use the Game or Service for any commercial purpose, including operating for-profit servers or tournaments, without our prior written permission.

• Use cheats, exploits, automation tools, bots, hacks, mods, or any unauthorized third-party software that gives you or anyone else an unfair advantage or interferes with gameplay for others.
• Intentionally exploit bugs, unintended behavior, or design flaws for advantage instead of reporting them.
• Harass, threaten, defame, stalk, or abuse other users, including through in-game chat, display names, or user-generated content.
• Post, transmit, or display content that is unlawful, obscene, hateful, harassing, or that infringes the rights of any other person or entity.
• Impersonate any person or entity, including Pixel Forge Arcade staff, or misrepresent your affiliation.
• Sell, trade, purchase, or attempt to sell, trade, or purchase accounts, in-game items, or virtual currency for real-world consideration outside of mechanisms we expressly provide.
• Interfere with, disrupt, or overload the Service, our servers, or networks connected to the Service.
• Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features, rate limits, or access restrictions.
• Collect or harvest personal information about other users without their consent.
• Use the Service in any way that violates any applicable law or regulation, or export control laws.

• You own or have the necessary rights to submit the User Content and to grant the license above.
• Your User Content does not infringe any third-party rights, violate any law, or breach these Terms.
• Your User Content is not defamatory, obscene, threatening, harassing, or otherwise objectionable.

• You do not claim ownership of the Game, its content, or its underlying intellectual property.
• You do not imply official endorsement, sponsorship, or partnership with Pixel Forge Arcade unless we have entered into a separate written agreement with you.
• You do not distribute, bundle, or host playable copies of the Game, modified builds, pirated builds, or leaked pre-release assets.
• Your content complies with the Code of Conduct in Section 5.

• Virtual Items are licensed, not sold. Acquiring Virtual Items grants you a limited license to use them within the Game only.
• Virtual Items have no real-world monetary value. They cannot be redeemed for real-world money, goods, or services from Pixel Forge Arcade or anyone else.
• Virtual Items are non-transferable between accounts unless we expressly provide an in-game mechanic for such transfer.
• We reserve the right to modify, adjust, re-balance, disable, or remove any Virtual Item at any time as part of ongoing game development, balance, or for legal, technical, or business reasons. This includes during the Early Access period.
• If your account is terminated, suspended, or becomes inaccessible for any reason, all Virtual Items associated with that account are forfeited without refund, except where refund is required by applicable consumer law.
• We make no guarantee that the Service, or any specific Virtual Item, will remain available indefinitely.

• Steam — help.steampowered.com/refunds
• Epic Games Store — epicgames.com/help

• Release patches, content updates, and bug fixes.
• Adjust game balance, economy, Houses, plate abilities, or progression systems.
• Add, remove, or modify features, game modes, or content.
• Temporarily or permanently suspend any part of the Service for maintenance or technical reasons.

• Your license to use the Game ends immediately.
• Your account and any Virtual Items associated with it may be deleted or disabled.
• Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including Intellectual Property, Disclaimers, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, and Governing Law) will continue to apply.

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized representative.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
• Identification of the allegedly infringing material and sufficient information for us to locate it.
• Your contact information (address, telephone, email).
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on the owner's behalf.