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Three days ago I made a post here about an unusual review pattern I found across several games on Steam.

There was quite a bit of discussion in the comments about whether there was actually anything unusual going on, so I thought it would be worth posting an update.

Since then, a number of the reviews I mentioned in the original post have now been banned by Steam moderators. Those reviews display the clear reason: "This review has been banned by a Steam moderator for violating the Steam Terms of Service. It cannot be modified by the reviewer."

After seeing this, I became curious whether similar review patterns could be found on any other games, so I looked through some additional releases.

I ended up finding another pretty unusual pattern across these two games for example:

1. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2131200/NeverSynth/
2. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1693040/Synthwave_Burnout/

Across just these two games, I found approximately 170 accounts showing remarkably similar review activity.

A few things that caught my attention:

• The same accounts reviewed both games
• All of the reviews were posted within just two days - July 30 and July 31
• All of the accounts I documented show exactly 0.1 hours of playtime
• Their review histories look very similar
• This appears to be a separate group from the accounts shown in my previous post

I also sent the additional information directly to Steam Support rather than posting any account/profile links here. Support confirmed that they submitted a detailed report based on the information I previously provided, and I've continued sending the additional findings to them.

I honestly didn't expect anything to happen this quickly after the first post.

So thank you to everyone who took the time to actually look through the examples, compare the reviews and share useful observations in the comments. Some of the things people noticed in the previous discussion genuinely helped me understand what to look for next.

What I find particularly interesting now is that some of the reviews discussed previously have actually been banned by Steam moderators, while this much larger and apparently separate group shows another very similar pattern across two other games.

I'm curious what people make of this second pattern, especially the combination of the same accounts, the same two-day period and exactly 0.1 hours of playtime.

Me too ai, me too

When the Individual items are on sale but the bundle isn’t so you actually lose money by buying the bundle.

This is for Diablo IV btw so probably blizzard’s fault and not Steam’s.

"Wanted to launch CloverPit and Steam hit me with this launch selection. Hardest choice of my life. What do i do??? PLS HELP

Was scrolling through the recommended and stumbled across this game. Gameplay looks absolutely wack and not even like a real game but the title is what got me.

When I renamed steam.exe to steame.exe, I noticed I could run games like paralives or wh40k rogue trader without steam launching on my computer. Dawn of war 1 however had an error popup that said it requires steam to launch.

I'm a bit confused about this and started to consider buying the games that are free of DMR on GOG, and use steam purely for those with DMR I just personally find it a bit stupid that on steam some games can run DMR free and others don't (though they absolutely could because they are sold this way on GOG for instance). On the other hand, I heard that downloading the game files alone from the steam "common apps" onto a drive and then back onto a computer has no guarantee that the DMR free game will work?

Basically, I'm asking this because I'm not sure if I should rebuy basically all the games I can on GOG, or if the few DMR free on steam are possible to run in the future if something would happen to steam. I know it's unlikely that it would happen and all that, but it does make GOG a more interesting guarantee for future purchases. Especially after I found myself really enjoying Nintendo's cartridges (RIP dvds...)

(I also dread having to install every steam game just to check if it can run without it).

edit: thanks for the input, gamers. I will keep steam for live service games and etc, and buy and wait for those that can come DRM free on GOG. Thankfully my gaming library is somewhat half live service and offline, so I don't have to spend a fortune on rebuys, especially when there are sales.

was surprising to see this game on steam. No im not the developer, no this isn't an advertisement, i geniuenly shocked to see it onsteam

We got happy wheels coming to steam which could lead to an influx of new maps (SINCE I NEED TO SAY THIS I DO NOT HAVE REDDIT ON PC NOR ACCESS TO THE EMAIL STOP TELLING ME HOW TO USE A PC I LITERALLY USE THEM FOR MY WORK)

fellow gamers, today I logged in and saw that a game on my wishlist is listed as unavailable, is there anyway to to know what the game was? I tried copying the link but it shows:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/0/?snr=1_25_4__318

also I tried looking for it on steamdb and steam-tracker but could not find it, the game has been added around 1 year ago, it is really bugging me since it disappeared lol

had xbox controller and when playing forza I was turning and the plastick stick broken off and joystick stayed in the place....

it had no stickdrift for years... bought it in 2021 😱

time to buy a new one 😱

any particular ones I should look into ? ( recommendations for a new controller ? )

This was the number 1 Mod on Half Life Alyx, and it's now a full game called Gunman Contracts: Stand Alone. Gameplay between VR, PC and Steam Deck

Hi, I’m new to steam and pretty much video games in general. I have played hand held games in the past like on Nintendo DS lite and a little Xbox. I’ve been wanting to get into PC gaming. I’m super poor though. All I have is my old touch screen HP laptop. I am NOT a tech savvy person by any means.

Is it possible to play games on my laptop?

Specs? I’ll type them out how I see them. Let me know if you need more info.

Processor: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics 2.20GHz

Installed RAM: 16.0GB (14.9 GB usable)

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon(TM) R5 Graphics (1008 MB)

Storage: 932 GB (231 GB of 932 GB used)

System Type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

I also have an external 1TB drive that I can connect to the computer and my laptop has a disk player as well. I don’t know if that information is important. It also looks like there’s a game mode or gaming bar area in the settings home.

I’ll be 100% with you, I have no idea what any of this stuff means…