Rusthorn Principle
The Whole Burger
How Rusthorn prices a game.
What a Whole Burger is
When you buy a Rusthorn game, the base game is complete on day one. Patty, lettuce, tomato: the core experience is all there. Nothing central to the game is held back to be sold to you later, and nothing you paid for is gated behind a second payment.
Milkshakes are extra
Major new content is a milkshake. A full expansion, a new series, or a new mode may be offered later as a paid add-on, priced plainly at the point of sale. A milkshake is a real second thing you can choose to buy. It is never a slice of the original meal sold back to you.
We do not carve up the meal
The principle draws one line: what stays inside the base price. Rusthorn does not cut the base game into fragments and gate them behind loot boxes, battle passes, or drip-fed unlocks. Rusthorn does not design a game to feel incomplete until you spend more. The meal you paid for is whole.
Why it exists
Players should know what they are buying and own it once they have bought it. The Whole Burger keeps that simple: one price for a complete game, and a clear price for anything genuinely new.
How Rusthorn commits to it
The Whole Burger is the principle. The Ethical Monetization Commitment is where Rusthorn commits to following it in every game it ships.