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Two indie Steam games were disguised as Helldivers 2 to scam players
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this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2024
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This could do a lot of harm to Steam,they need to get ahead of this quickly.
Not really, Steam will refund the buyers, ban the seller, and keep the developer fee they paid. Scammers will be down $100 and everyone else will go on like nothing happened.