This is the central myth of “free speech” under the 1st Amendment.

The 1st Amendment only protects individuals exercising speech and expression from laws being passed or used to silence said speech or expression and from agents of the government abridging the rights. That is a lot, but it is also all. Private citizens are allowed to abridge each other’s speech as much as we like. Private companies can censor whatever they want. This is why the guy wrote a letter to Steam, because literally ANY larger action would have crossed the line.

Honestly, I had it all with line breaks, but it didn’t take. I will fix.

Factorio: 2344

Path of Exile: 2736

Rimworld: 2191

Kerbal Space Program: 1071

I have a bunch of honorable mentions in the several hundred hours ranges that are only not 1k+ because I have severe ADHD and something else became a hyperfocus before they hit that point:

Backpack Hero

Ark

The Last Spell

Timberborn

Factory Town

Dyson Sphere Program

Loop Hero

Brotato

Satisfactory

Path of Achra

Against the Storm

Desynced