Terms of service

Last updated November 14, 2026.

Who we are

Pyrewick is an independent game studio run by Brian Stephens ("Pyrewick", "we", "us"). These terms cover pyrewick.com, pyrelark.com, the Pyrelark launcher and store, the Pyrelink app, Pyrewick games and the Pyrewick merch shop. By using them you agree to these terms. Questions: support@pyrewick.com.

What we sell

We sell our own video games as digital downloads. You buy a game in the Pyrelark store, it's added to your Pyrelark account, and you download and play it through the Pyrelark launcher on Windows. Each game's store page shows its price, what's included and what your PC needs to run it. Some games are free. We also sell Pyrewick merch, such as clothing, through Fourthwall (see Merch below).

Buying a game

Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders. Paddle provides all customer service inquiries and handles returns. This covers games and subscriptions; merch is sold by Fourthwall instead. When you check out, you're buying from Paddle under Paddle's buyer terms, and Paddle handles your payment details and any sales tax or VAT. Prices are shown before you pay.

Merch

Merch on pyrewick.com/merch is sold by Fourthwall, which takes your payment at shop.pyrewick.com, makes each item to order and ships it. When you buy merch you're buying from Fourthwall under Fourthwall's terms, and Fourthwall handles payment, sales tax, shipping and returns. Because each item is made for you, returns are for faulty, damaged or wrong items (see our refund policy). Shipping costs are shown at checkout.

Subscriptions

Some games offer an optional subscription with extras, such as Emberborn Premium. The game itself is yours whether you subscribe or not. A subscription renews automatically at the price shown when you subscribed, every month (or year, if that's what you chose), until you cancel. You can cancel any time in Pyrelark (the game's page, Manage subscription) or through the link in your Paddle receipt. When you cancel, it stays on until the end of the period you've paid for and then stops; it won't renew again. If a price ever changes, we'll tell you before it applies to you, and you can cancel before then.

Refunds

You can get a full refund on any game within 14 days of buying it, and on any subscription payment within 14 days of that payment, no questions asked. See our refund policy.

Gifts

You can buy a game for a friend on Pyrelark, or for anyone by email address. The person you send it to gets the licence below, not you. A gift that hasn't been added yet can be refunded within 14 days (see the refund policy); once someone has added it, it's theirs. Gifts aren't for resale.

Your account

You need a free Pyrelark account to buy and keep games. Keep your password private and tell us if you think someone else is using your account. When you sign in somewhere new we ask for a code too (two-step sign-in); keep your authenticator app's backup codes somewhere safe, as they're the way back in if you lose your phone. You're responsible for what happens on your account. You must be at least 13 to make one.

Your licence to play

When you buy or claim a game, you get a personal, non-transferable licence to download it and play it for your own non-commercial use, on your own devices, for as long as you have your account. You can't resell or rent it, sell redeem keys, or copy or redistribute the game files. Games stay ours, along with their art, music, code and names.

Reviews, chat and other things you post

You own what you write and upload. By posting a review, profile picture, banner, "about" text or player name you let us show it on our sites and in Pyrelark, and by sending a chat message you let us deliver it to your friend and keep it as our privacy notice describes. The same rules apply to chat as to everything else you post. Keep reviews about the game, and keep everything you post free of hate, harassment, sexual content, spam, impersonation, personal information about others, and anything illegal or that you don't have the right to share. We may hide or remove things that break these rules, and if someone keeps breaking them we may stop them changing their profile or close their account.

Copyright

Don't post anything that uses someone else's copyrighted work without permission. If you think something on our services infringes your copyright, see how to report it; that page also explains how to respond if something of yours was removed. We close the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe others' copyright, in appropriate circumstances.

Fair use

Don't try to break into our services, get around a game's licence check, overload our servers or use our services to harm others. If you do, we may suspend or close your account. If we close your account for a reason other than you breaking these terms, we'll refund games you bought in the 14 days before.

Updates and availability

We update our games and apps to fix problems and add things. We'll do our best to keep everything running, but we can't promise it will always be available or free of bugs.

Open-source parts

Pyrelink is based on Moonlight, and Pyrelark's streaming uses Sunshine. Both are free, open-source software under the GNU General Public License v3, and those parts are covered by that licence, not by these terms. Pyrelink's source code is at github.com/yahayah5-dev/pyrelink; Moonlight's and Sunshine's are on their own GitHub pages.

Warranties and liability

As far as the law allows, our services are provided "as is" and we're not liable for indirect or consequential losses. Our total liability to you is limited to what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer law that can't be limited.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If a change matters, we'll say so on this page and in Pyrelark before it takes effect. The date at the top shows the latest version.