Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay. I sent Barely Working for review on Steam and they told me that we can't release adult games on Steam as early access anymore.

This is partially my fault, I thought I sent Barely Working in for review a year ago, back when I first made the Steam page but apparently I didn't. I do not wish to release Barely Working on Steam without early access so we are going to have to delay the Steam release :(

One-Time Purchase

We are going to be selling Barely Working early access on Patreon as a one-time purchase of $14.99 on September 19th, 12pm PT. Patreon recently allowed selling products / posts on their platform so this is our best choice to use since we cannot use itch and Steam.

Good news is that people no longer have to be a subscriber to purchase Barely Working because you will be able to purchase the game as a one-time payment right here on Patreon.

People who purchase the game will receive updates, you will just have to redownload the game when there is an update from the same Patreon post.

Below is an example of buying Queen's Brothel on our Patreon page.

The $4 Patron tier will still have access to everything because we value users who stick around with us for long periods of time.

Barely Working Release Dates

We are releasing Barely Working as early access on September 19th, 12pm PT, on Patreon for $14.99.

We are releasing Barely Working full release hopefully in December of 2025, on Steam, Patreon and hopefully itch for $19.99.

Conclusion

It is really unfortunate that payment processors are causing this to happen to the adult game community, but we will get through this! If you have any questions please leave a comment or send us a message on Discord!