At least he’s pretty based for someone in the niche of nerdy ass games. He said BLM during the 2020 protests and during the Palestinian protests in ‘21 he said Free Palestine, that US was backing an apartheid, and gave a bunch of resources to donate to Palestinians. Good guy and you should purchase his game because it’s pretty cool.
If you're interested in it, and can get past the UI, the original version is still free, the steam version is just a lot more user friendly. You can install a tileset to the original, which isn't quite to the level of the new graphics, but more usable than exclusively ASCII characters lol
Edit: Actually, yeah, just pirating it to try it out is also a great option