ILSpy VS VVVVVV

First, go grab this: https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy. It's a decompiler that will break Rust down. Hope you like C#.

If its a C#/.NET exe you can use ILSpy to get the source code https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy

Well, it might not be exactly what you're asking for, but ILSpy lets you choose what version of C# you wish to decompile an assembly to. This is great for learning how a specific feature used to be coded in C# prior to some new syntax/compiler feature being added.

You will thoroughly enjoy this, then.

I've only used their GUI frontend myself, but ILSpy is also available as a library and command line tool.

As you can see IL code is not exactly human readable, and it's also quite verbose. If you want to have an idea of how your code looks like in IL you can use a decompiler tool such as JustDecompile or ILSpy.

Take a random piece of C# software, run it through ILSpy, and be amazed at the results.

*The Monkey's Paw curls* https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV

VVVVVV at least has since become open source.

VVVVVV - A platformer where you flip gravity instead of jumping. Was recently open-sourced to celebrate the game's 10th anniversary!

Yeah, just look at this beauty! https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/blob/master/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp

Finally, games are really that complex. Check out for example Terry Cavanagh's blog post on releasing the source code for VVVVVV, and check out the source for Game.cpp (although keep in mind this was ported from ActionScript).

So it seems to be an unofficial policy rather than a written rule, if those allegations are true (remember that those are Wolfire's claims of what Valve said). Certainly there doesn't seem to be consistent enforcement - for instance Tales of Maj'Eyal is free, but $7 on Steam. Apparently there are some minor differences - does that mean that they can claim that it's a "separate version" and hence doesn't need price parity, even though 99.9% of the game is identical? There's also VVVVVV, which is open source (albeit years after initial commercial release) where you can freely build the exact same copy as on Steam ($5), including steamworks support. Does that count as a "separate version" when you just have to compile code? Admittedly these are two indie games, albeit extremely well-known ones, but then - isn't Wolfire Games also an indie studio?

I think it's worth noting VVVVVV has actually been open-sourced https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV