Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27190459-20151110215625/@comment-3157150-20151110231707

Terraria was first "released" on Steam. 16th of May 2011 was the release date of 1.0, which was also the date that it was first sold on the Steam Store. If you played any pre-releases however, you will very likely need to buy a key. I would recommend waiting for a large sale, such as Black Friday, where it will very likely be less than $5 or even $3 US.