Terms of Use
The rules of the road. Short, because there is no one else on it.
These terms are between you and Raven Iron Games (“we”), New Jersey, USA. They cover the game Where the Raven Flies on every platform, and our licence service. By playing, you agree to them. Questions go to techsupp@ravenirongames.com.
How we handle your data is on the Privacy page.
Last updated: 8 November 2026.
The Trial
The whole game, free, for a while.
- The download is free and is the whole game.
- 5 sessions on each installation, then the game asks you to unlock it.
- Your progress is kept when you unlock, so you carry on where you left off.
Buying and Unlocking
One key, a few installations.
Buying. The game is sold on itch.io, and itch.io takes the payment. Your purchase is also covered by itch.io's own terms.
Unlocking. Enter your itch.io download key, or the address of your download page, in the game. Our licence service checks the key with itch.io and sends back a licence for that installation. After that the game checks the licence on your device, and needs no connection to stay unlocked.
What you get is the right to play the game, not ownership of it. When you buy it, we give you a personal licence to install and play it for your own use, not for sale or hire, on up to 3 installations at a time. Please don't copy it for other people, sell or rent it, or change it. The game and everything in it remain ours, or belong to those who licensed their work to us.
- One key unlocks up to 3 installations.
- An installation is one copy of the game with its data. A fresh install, or clearing the game's data, makes a new one.
- When all are taken, a new installation may take the slot of the one we haven't seen for the longest, once that one has gone 30 days unseen.
- “Seen” means it unlocked or refreshed its licence through our service. Playing doesn't count: the service never hears about it.
- Need a slot sooner? Write to techsupp@ravenirongames.com.
Refunds are handled through itch.io. If the game isn't for you, ask for a refund within 14 days of buying it, through itch.io or by writing to techsupp@ravenirongames.com. A refunded key can't unlock any more installations.
Fair Play
Please don't.
- Get around the trial or the installation limit.
- Share or sell keys or licences.
- Attack our licence service, overload it or probe it for weaknesses.
- Pass the game off as your own, or sell copies of it.
Found a security problem? Write to techsupp@ravenirongames.com.
If the Licence Service Ends
We may not run it for ever. Here is what keeps working.
We may change, pause or close the licence service. If we close it for good, we will say so at least 30 days ahead, on this website.
| An unlocked game | All of it, offline. The licence is checked on your device. |
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| Your progress | Kept on your device. |
| Unlocking | A trial can no longer be unlocked, and nor can a fresh installation of a game you bought. |
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No Warranty
We try hard. We don't promise.
The game and the licence service are provided as they are. They may have bugs, and the service may be down when you try to unlock. We don't promise the game will run on your device. Try it first: that is what the trial is for.
As far as the law allows, we are not responsible for indirect losses, such as lost data, that come from using the game or the licence service, or from not being able to, and our total responsibility to you is limited to what you paid for the game. Some places don't allow these limits, and where they don't, they don't apply to you. Nothing in these terms takes away rights you have by law where you live.
The Rest
Other people's work, changes and the law.
| Other people's work | Parts of the game belong to others and come under their own licences: the typefaces Cinzel and Spectral (SIL Open Font License 1.1) and the Unity engine. The game's credits list them. |
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| Changes | We may update these terms. We will post a change here at least 30 days before it takes effect, and the date at the top changes when we do. |
| Governing law | The laws of New Jersey, USA. |