Price / Scam

[Mindcrime]

Let's play "Is This A Scam?"

$99.99 regular price
40% discount upon launch
In this bundle with another game with a 90% bundle discount, so the bundle price is only $6.45
The other game in that bundle was released 1.5 months ago, has a regular price of $44.99, and is on sale with a 90% discount
This other game by the same developer has a regular price of $24.99 is on sale with a 90% discount

Verdict: Definitely a scam

[AlterEgo45]

I guess the game gets flagged or listed more or something when it's at a high sale point.

And look at the fake reviews. This might be the scammiest scam I've ever seen on Steam.

Steam needs to raise the bar to entry because this is getting ridiculous. Bring back Greenlight. And I don't know if they have regional pricing when it comes to devs submitting games, but if they do they need to knock it off. Don't let someone post a game on here for $2 no matter where they're from.

[luca1981]

truffaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Originally posted by Mindcrime:

Let's play "Is This A Scam?"

$99.99 regular price
40% discount upon launch
In this bundle with another game with a 90% bundle discount, so the bundle price is only $6.45
The other game in that bundle was released 1.5 months ago, has a regular price of $44.99, and is on sale with a 90% discount
This other game by the same developer has a regular price of $24.99 is on sale with a 90% discount

Verdict: Definitely a scam

[Pit Pit]

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[BabyNinjajesus]

ITS $140 AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

[ChicagoTed]

Got a key for this game in a very cheap bundle - Haven't played it, but the crazy original price and the clearly illegitimate reviews are huge red flags and I can't believe it's on the store page like this.

Saying all this, if it IS a scam, I don't get what they are scamming? Maybe a crazy bargain so people feel they need to buy it? But this is far from the biggest scam I've seen on Steam with three games, with Chinese text (and same developer) were added for over £200 - They were unity asset flips and clearly someone's first projects, rather than a game worth any money.

[Mindcrime]

Originally posted by ChicagoTed:

But this is far from the biggest scam I've seen on Steam with three games, with Chinese text (and same developer) were added for over £200 - They were unity asset flips and clearly someone's first projects, rather than a game worth any money.

You might want to rethink that part. Look at the store page right now and you'll probably see it's part of two bundles (I say "probably" because it's actually part of 5 bundles).

Top-Down 3D = 6 "games", all priced at $99.99, bundle discount 97%, bundle price $12.60
"Games" included:
Hidden Farm Top-Down 3D -- $9.99 from 8 Apr 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
Hidden Harbor Top-Down 3D -- $9.99 from 13 Apr 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
Hidden Farm 2 Top-Down 3D -- $9.99 from 18 Jul 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
Hidden Cube World Top-Down 3D -- $44.99 from 18 Aug 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
Hidden Office Top-Down 3D -- $99.99 from 29 Sep 2022
Hidden Harbor 2 Top-Down 3D -- $99.99 from 15 Nov 2022

November 2022 = 8 "games", all priced at $99.99, bundle discount 98%, bundle price $12.40
"Games" included:
Hidden Farm 2 Top-Down 3D -- $9.99 from 18 Jul 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
Hidden Harbor 2 Top-Down 3D -- $99.99 from 15 Nov 2022
Hidden Farm Top-Down 3D -- $9.99 from 8 Apr 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
Hidden Harbor Top-Down 3D -- $9.99 from 13 Apr 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
Hidden Cube World Top-Down 3D -- $44.99 on 18 Aug 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
Hidden Office Top-Down 3D -- $99.99 from 29 Sep 2022
Space Crafting -- $9.99 from 19 May 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
Knight Story -- $9.99 from 18 May 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023

Aztech / Azerbaijan Technology has released four additional "games" on Steam:
3D PUZZLE - Alchemist House -- $9.99 from 15 Apr 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
3D PUZZLE - Castle -- $24.99 from 19 May 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
3D PUZZLE - Farm House -- $9.99 from 22 Apr 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023
3D PUZZLE - Japan -- $9.99 from 12 Jun 2022, increased to $99.99 on 27 Jan 2023

Notice a pattern? Every one of the 12 "games" released by this "developer" is now priced at $99.99, 10 of which were increased to $99.99 on 27 January (8 of which were $9.99 before the increase).

[RC48]

you can add all the games by 'hede' to the bunch, same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ behind all of this.