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Cross-promotes Dread X Collection 5; Summer Sale overlap.", "gap_years": 4.84599589322382, "game_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/362860/", "snapshot_reviews": 117, "snapshot_price": 12.99, "announcement_title": "SYLVIO UPDATE", "announcement_url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/4474904295777248861", "announcement_gid": "4474904295777248861", "start": "2021-07-06", "end": "2023-07-06"}, {"appid": 347160, "name": "Steredenn: Binary Stars", "event": "2023-09-22", "previous": "2019-01-11", "group": "about_five_years", "origin": "named_update_lead", "kind": "ending, difficulty mode, balance, runtime", "notes": "Remote Play Together announcement Oct2019 intervenes; long gap is between substantive game patches. New art/localization/runtime bundled. Linux regressions reported afterward.", "gap_years": 4.695414099931554, "game_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/347160/", "snapshot_reviews": 617, "snapshot_price": 12.99, "announcement_title": "Steredenn 2.6.0: Incoming Transmission", "announcement_url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/5219165352627082334", "announcement_gid": "5219165352627082334", "start": "2022-09-22", "end": "2024-09-21"}, {"appid": 241600, "name": "Rogue Legacy", "event": "2018-06-21", "previous": "2013-12-17", "group": "about_five_years", "origin": "named_update_lead", "kind": "free public beta with gameplay and localization", "notes": "Public beta explicitly released during Steam Summer Sale; stable release July24. Use beta as first exposure, stable date as sensitivity.", "gap_years": 4.509240246406571, "game_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/241600/", "snapshot_reviews": 15864, "snapshot_price": 14.99, "announcement_title": "Rogue Legacy Version 1.3.0-beta is now Live!", "announcement_url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/2499943313630732643", "announcement_gid": "2499943313630732643", "start": "2017-06-21", "end": "2019-07-24"}, {"appid": 247080, "name": "Crypt of the NecroDancer", "event": "2022-06-30", "previous": "2017-10-12", "group": "about_five_years", "origin": "named_update_lead", "kind": "major free gameplay, accessibility and editor overhaul", "notes": "Developer gives1721days, about4.71years despite headline saying five. Summer Sale overlap. Paid SYNCHRONY DLC released Aug4 (day35); later windows are a combined campaign.", "gap_years": 4.714579055441479, "game_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/", "snapshot_reviews": 23578, "snapshot_price": 14.99, "announcement_title": "NecroDancer Update v3.0.0", "announcement_url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/4474904295756048702", "announcement_gid": "4474904295756048702", "start": "2021-06-30", "end": "2023-06-30"}, {"appid": 12900, "name": "Audiosurf", "event": "2020-02-15", "previous": "2015-01-24", "group": "five_years_small_update", "origin": "named_update_lead", "kind": "widescreen and corkscrew behavior improvements", "notes": "Five-year gap from last announced fix; smaller update, not a content expansion.", "gap_years": 5.059548254620124, "game_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/12900/", "snapshot_reviews": 8897, "snapshot_price": 9.99, "announcement_title": "Corkscrews and Widescreens!", "announcement_url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/3183419193835531768", "announcement_gid": "3183419193835531768", "start": "2019-02-15", "end": "2021-02-14"}, {"appid": 70300, "name": "VVVVVV", "event": "2021-08-31", "previous": "2014-06-12", "group": "longer_major_gap", "origin": "named_update_lead", "kind": "engine, editor and extensive bug fixes", "notes": "Developer calls first major update in seven years; source code opened in2020 and community work contributed. Not seven years of no activity.", "gap_years": 7.219712525667351, "game_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/70300/", "snapshot_reviews": 6648, "snapshot_price": 4.99, "announcement_title": "VVVVVV 2.3 out now!", "announcement_url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/4018887653998925108", "announcement_gid": "4018887653998925108", "start": "2020-08-31", "end": "2022-08-31"}, {"appid": 242680, "name": "Nuclear Throne", "event": "2025-12-05", "previous": "2017-11-06", "group": "longer_major_gap", "origin": "named_update_lead", "kind": "new character, custom mode, skins, four-player coop, localization/runtime", "notes": "Eight-year gap between numbered stable99 and100; public beta/community maintenance existed. Discount and anniversary campaign. Full post-year not yet observable.", "gap_years": 8.07939767282683, "game_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/242680/", "snapshot_reviews": 15024, "snapshot_price": 11.99, "announcement_title": "Update #100 - 10 year anniversary - December 5th, 2025", "announcement_url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1818118366177392", "announcement_gid": "1818118366177392", "start": "2024-12-05", "end": "2026-09-07"}]