Founders of Witchfire explained why made game by an exclusive of Epic Games Store, and partially opened system requirements

The Polish studio The Astronauts (The Vanishing of Ethan Carter) founded by the former Painkiller and Bulletstorm developers, in interview of Wccftech answered some questions of the roglayt-shooter in a genre of a dark fantasy of Witchfire. The decision to make game by a temporary exclusive of Epic Games Store was accepted for practical reasons — The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, despite "very good" sales, could not support studio for 10 years. "The transaction with Epic allowed us to keep independence. We could sell studio to investors, but thanks to Epic it was not necessary to do it" —...