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# DarkHelm — End User License Agreement
**Last updated: 2026**
This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement between you ("you" or "User") and
**Kai-Uwe Rathjen** ("Licensor", "we", "us") for the video game **DarkHelm**, including its executable
software, data, assets, updates and documentation (collectively, the "Game").
**By downloading, installing, accessing or playing the Game, you agree to be bound by this Agreement.**
If you do not agree, do not download, install or use the Game.
The Game is distributed through Steam. Your access to and use of the Game is also governed by the **Steam
Subscriber Agreement (SSA)** and other applicable Valve Corporation policies. In the event of a conflict
between this Agreement and the SSA regarding the distribution or operation of Steam, the SSA controls.
## 1. License grant
Subject to your compliance with this Agreement and the SSA, Licensor grants you a personal, limited,
non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and play the Game for your own private,
non-commercial entertainment on devices you own or control. All rights not expressly granted are reserved
by Licensor.
## 2. Restrictions
You agree that you will **not**, except to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement or by applicable
law that cannot be excluded by agreement:
- copy (other than for normal play), sell, rent, lease, sublicense, lend, or otherwise distribute the Game
or any part of it;
- reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Game, or attempt to derive its source code;
- modify the Game's executable, or create derivative works of it, except for the permitted content creation
described in Section 4;
- remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices;
- use cheats, automation software, hacks, exploits or any unauthorized third-party software that gives you
or others an unfair advantage, disrupts other players, or interferes with the Game or its servers;
- use the Game for any commercial purpose (including paid hosting, tournaments, or monetized streaming
beyond standard platform monetization) without Licensor's prior written permission; or
- use the Game in any way that violates applicable law or the rights of others.
## 3. Ownership & intellectual property
The Game is licensed, not sold. Licensor and its licensors retain all right, title and interest in and to
the Game, including all intellectual property rights. "DarkHelm" and associated logos are trademarks of
Licensor. This Agreement does not grant you any rights to Licensor's trademarks or branding.
The Game includes third-party components used under their own licenses, including the **Godot Engine** and
**GodotSteam** (MIT License) and sound effects licensed from **ZapSplat** and others. Those components
remain the property of their respective owners and are governed by their respective licenses; the in-game
Credits screen contains the applicable attributions.
## 4. User-generated content, mods & Steam Workshop
The Game provides tools that let you create custom content such as ships, missions and total conversions
("User Content"), and to share it via the **Steam Workshop**.
- **Your content:** As between you and Licensor, you retain ownership of the original content you create,
provided it does not incorporate Licensor's or any third party's intellectual property beyond what the
Game's tools and data formats necessarily require.
- **License you grant:** By creating or distributing User Content (including via the Steam Workshop), you
grant Licensor and Valve a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce,
display, distribute and make available that User Content for the purpose of operating, promoting and
improving the Game and the Workshop, and you grant other users the rights necessary to download and use
it in the Game.
- **Your responsibilities:** You represent that you have all rights necessary to create and share your User
Content and that it does not infringe any third party's rights or violate any law. You must not create or
share content that is illegal, infringing, malicious (e.g. malware), hateful, harassing, or otherwise
objectionable.
- **Removal:** Licensor may remove or disable access to User Content that violates this Agreement, and
Workshop content is also subject to Valve's Steam Workshop terms and the SSA.
## 5. Online play & conduct
The Game offers multiplayer features. When playing online you agree to behave lawfully and respectfully.
Licensor does not control, and is not responsible for, the conduct of other players or for any user
communications. Data handled in connection with the Game is described in our Privacy Policy at
https://dark-helm.com/privacy/.
## 6. Updates
Licensor may, but is not obligated to, provide updates, patches or new versions of the Game, and may modify,
add or remove features. This Agreement applies to all such updates unless a separate agreement accompanies
them.
## 7. Termination
This Agreement is effective until terminated. Your rights under this Agreement terminate automatically
without notice if you fail to comply with any of its terms. Upon termination you must stop using and remove
all copies of the Game. Sections 2–3 and 8–11 survive termination. Termination of this Agreement does not
affect your rights under the SSA with respect to Steam.
## 8. Disclaimer of warranties
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE GAME IS PROVIDED **"AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND**, whether express, implied or statutory, including any implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. Licensor does not warrant
that the Game will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components, or that defects will be
corrected. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of these exclusions
may not apply to you.
## 9. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA OR GOODWILL,
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE GAME OR THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
LICENSOR'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE GAME WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE
GAME. Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under
applicable law (including, where applicable, your statutory consumer rights).
## 10. Consumer rights
Nothing in this Agreement affects any non-waivable statutory rights you have as a consumer under the law of
your country of residence.
## 11. Governing law
This Agreement is governed by the laws of **Ireland**, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The
courts of Ireland will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to this
Agreement. Nothing in this section deprives you of the protection of mandatory consumer-protection
provisions of the law of your country of residence, which continue to apply.
## 12. Changes to this Agreement
Licensor may update this Agreement from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the "Last
updated" date above and, where required, communicated through the Game or its store page. Your continued
use of the Game after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Agreement.
## 13. Contact
Questions about this Agreement: **contact@dark-helm.com**.
---
© 2026 Kai-Uwe Rathjen. All rights reserved. "DarkHelm" is a trademark of Kai-Uwe Rathjen.
**Last updated: 2026**
This End User License Agreement ("Agreement") is a legal agreement between you ("you" or "User") and
**Kai-Uwe Rathjen** ("Licensor", "we", "us") for the video game **DarkHelm**, including its executable
software, data, assets, updates and documentation (collectively, the "Game").
**By downloading, installing, accessing or playing the Game, you agree to be bound by this Agreement.**
If you do not agree, do not download, install or use the Game.
The Game is distributed through Steam. Your access to and use of the Game is also governed by the **Steam
Subscriber Agreement (SSA)** and other applicable Valve Corporation policies. In the event of a conflict
between this Agreement and the SSA regarding the distribution or operation of Steam, the SSA controls.
## 1. License grant
Subject to your compliance with this Agreement and the SSA, Licensor grants you a personal, limited,
non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and play the Game for your own private,
non-commercial entertainment on devices you own or control. All rights not expressly granted are reserved
by Licensor.
## 2. Restrictions
You agree that you will **not**, except to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement or by applicable
law that cannot be excluded by agreement:
- copy (other than for normal play), sell, rent, lease, sublicense, lend, or otherwise distribute the Game
or any part of it;
- reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Game, or attempt to derive its source code;
- modify the Game's executable, or create derivative works of it, except for the permitted content creation
described in Section 4;
- remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices;
- use cheats, automation software, hacks, exploits or any unauthorized third-party software that gives you
or others an unfair advantage, disrupts other players, or interferes with the Game or its servers;
- use the Game for any commercial purpose (including paid hosting, tournaments, or monetized streaming
beyond standard platform monetization) without Licensor's prior written permission; or
- use the Game in any way that violates applicable law or the rights of others.
## 3. Ownership & intellectual property
The Game is licensed, not sold. Licensor and its licensors retain all right, title and interest in and to
the Game, including all intellectual property rights. "DarkHelm" and associated logos are trademarks of
Licensor. This Agreement does not grant you any rights to Licensor's trademarks or branding.
The Game includes third-party components used under their own licenses, including the **Godot Engine** and
**GodotSteam** (MIT License) and sound effects licensed from **ZapSplat** and others. Those components
remain the property of their respective owners and are governed by their respective licenses; the in-game
Credits screen contains the applicable attributions.
## 4. User-generated content, mods & Steam Workshop
The Game provides tools that let you create custom content such as ships, missions and total conversions
("User Content"), and to share it via the **Steam Workshop**.
- **Your content:** As between you and Licensor, you retain ownership of the original content you create,
provided it does not incorporate Licensor's or any third party's intellectual property beyond what the
Game's tools and data formats necessarily require.
- **License you grant:** By creating or distributing User Content (including via the Steam Workshop), you
grant Licensor and Valve a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce,
display, distribute and make available that User Content for the purpose of operating, promoting and
improving the Game and the Workshop, and you grant other users the rights necessary to download and use
it in the Game.
- **Your responsibilities:** You represent that you have all rights necessary to create and share your User
Content and that it does not infringe any third party's rights or violate any law. You must not create or
share content that is illegal, infringing, malicious (e.g. malware), hateful, harassing, or otherwise
objectionable.
- **Removal:** Licensor may remove or disable access to User Content that violates this Agreement, and
Workshop content is also subject to Valve's Steam Workshop terms and the SSA.
## 5. Online play & conduct
The Game offers multiplayer features. When playing online you agree to behave lawfully and respectfully.
Licensor does not control, and is not responsible for, the conduct of other players or for any user
communications. Data handled in connection with the Game is described in our Privacy Policy at
https://dark-helm.com/privacy/.
## 6. Updates
Licensor may, but is not obligated to, provide updates, patches or new versions of the Game, and may modify,
add or remove features. This Agreement applies to all such updates unless a separate agreement accompanies
them.
## 7. Termination
This Agreement is effective until terminated. Your rights under this Agreement terminate automatically
without notice if you fail to comply with any of its terms. Upon termination you must stop using and remove
all copies of the Game. Sections 2–3 and 8–11 survive termination. Termination of this Agreement does not
affect your rights under the SSA with respect to Steam.
## 8. Disclaimer of warranties
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE GAME IS PROVIDED **"AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND**, whether express, implied or statutory, including any implied warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. Licensor does not warrant
that the Game will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components, or that defects will be
corrected. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of these exclusions
may not apply to you.
## 9. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA OR GOODWILL,
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE GAME OR THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
LICENSOR'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE GAME WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE
GAME. Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under
applicable law (including, where applicable, your statutory consumer rights).
## 10. Consumer rights
Nothing in this Agreement affects any non-waivable statutory rights you have as a consumer under the law of
your country of residence.
## 11. Governing law
This Agreement is governed by the laws of **Ireland**, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The
courts of Ireland will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to this
Agreement. Nothing in this section deprives you of the protection of mandatory consumer-protection
provisions of the law of your country of residence, which continue to apply.
## 12. Changes to this Agreement
Licensor may update this Agreement from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the "Last
updated" date above and, where required, communicated through the Game or its store page. Your continued
use of the Game after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Agreement.
## 13. Contact
Questions about this Agreement: **contact@dark-helm.com**.
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© 2026 Kai-Uwe Rathjen. All rights reserved. "DarkHelm" is a trademark of Kai-Uwe Rathjen.