Hit Crime Simulator Schedule I Under Investigation For IP Infringement

It's been merely two weeks since indie hit Schedule I was released in Early Access and achieved one and another milestone, like being the runner-up on the top seller chart, seeing over 459k concurrent players, with 98% out of nearly 70k reviewers liking it. However, following the sunshine and rainbow comes a dark cloud. 

According to a public document in Polish titled "MOVIE GAMES SA (17/2025)," Movie Games S.A., a Warsaw-based publisher of 2020 crime simulator Drug Dealer Simulator, has decided to start an investigation into the creator of Schedule 1 for potential IP infringement and unfair competition. 

The announcement, published on April 3, reads that the company "received a legal analysis performed by a legal consultant, an expert in intellectual property and acts of unfair competition, which indicates that premises have been identified indicating a potential infringement of the Issuer's intellectual property rights and actions that may bear the characteristics of unfair competition."

It continues to detail the aspects that are believed to constitute infringement. After analyzing their IP using internal resources since Schedule 1 debuted on March 24, it concluded that "the use of many elements covered by copyright was immediately identified, including elements of the game's plot, mechanics, as well as UI - User Interface."

As of now, neither Schedule I's Twitter account nor the developer's has responded to this. However, supportive fans have taken action against Drug Dealer Simulator on Steam, with many players downvoting the game because of the publisher "bullying" an independent developer who managed to achieve more stunning results than them. 

Solo developer Tyler, i.e., TVGS, has been busy updating the game by releasing post-launch patches, with version 0.3.4 arriving today and bringing additions, improvements, and bug fixes.