I do recommend the demo, there is a demo of the new 2020 version for beta testing out now, as well as the old 2016 version.
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I think the attempt to get it on Steam was the effort to get the word out more, but honestly this is a niche community and the forum has ALWAYS been the heart and soul of these games, even back on the free versions where people make "real world" mod databases, picture packs, and even mods that start in different years (80s, 90s etc). I know I am some random guy on the internet, but you can 100% trust buying TEW directly. You can read the Wikipedia page about the games here if you still don't trust: He joined Grey Dog several years back, I think it was a handful of small, solo programmers that make similar games that banded together for this very reason. Hes just a small independent programmer, but its completely legit. I have been following this guy and his wrestling games since probably 2001. I am an IT professional and I can attest that the games themselves are safe and 100% trustworthy.
They use eLicense, a 3rd party to process the payment and give you the license.
I know and love wrestling but I am more of a "watcher" these days, meaning I load scenario databases and sim a year at a time and spend an hour or two digging into everything, looking at the stars, who got fired or signed with major promotions, major events etc. I know my user title says "Rookie" because I don't post much, but look at my registration date (Oct 2005).ĭepending on if if "hooks" you, you can spend hundreds of hours. I can understand the hesitation to buy a game from some random guy on some random forum though, but when he transitioned from free games to paid, it significantly increased in quality and complexity. The programmer Adam Ryland has been making wrestling sim games for decades.