I typically don't like joining on the whiner train of "gib steam keys pls", but this definitely feels like a moment where just handing out steam keys to early supporters feels like the right move. We are literally getting an inferior version of the game for making it popular.
Sure, it isn't wildly expensive. I think i paid like $2 for this, but i already bought it once. This would be an absolute scandal had this been any other more expensive game.