MARDUK SYNDICATE

Sidetrack privacy statement

Updated 1 Nov 2026

Data controller: Marduk Syndicate (United States). Contact: support@marduksyndicate.io.

  • No account, no telemetry, no analytics, no ads, no crash reporting. The game makes no connections of its own.
  • Steam: when Steam is running, the game uses the Steamworks library to unlock your achievements, and tells Steam which district is in view and how many trains you run, for the status your Steam friends see. Your purchase and that status are handled by Valve under Steam’s privacy policy.
  • Saves and settings are files on your PC, in %APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\Sidetrack on Windows and ~/.local/share/godot/app_userdata/Sidetrack on SteamOS and Linux, with the earlier copies the game keeps and the photo album’s pictures. Settings has an “Open save folder” button.
  • Postcards you keep are saved as pictures in a Sidetrack folder in your Pictures folder.
  • Links in the credits open in your web browser only when you click them.

The website’s own privacy notice, including analytics, is on the privacy page.