In a long line of sketchy no-budget games on Steam, one studio has seemingly one-upped the rest with, I am going to say, a scamware game that purports to be a "donation" to a charity.
The real charity: the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
The fake charity:
SS Studios is selling the game "I Support Breast Cancer Research " on Steam and framing it as a donation to the BCRF. The store page/FAQ mentions that 40% of proceeds will go to the BCRF if the game raises more than $100.00. ($100 is coincidentally the listing price for games on Steam.) If it fails to sell that much in 3 months it will apparently be delisted. The goal, as per their FAQ, is to "raise 500.000 USD in donations in the span of 1 year, but even if [they] get no where near that or pass it BCRF will always get their share. ".
If this sounds scammy, don't worry their FAQ will make it sound worse.
And then this news post is the cherry on top:
The game costs $8.99 USD, with three DLC "supporter" tiers:
This game seems sketchy as hell and I don't understand what it's doing on Steam. You cannot make donations via Steam. That the developer had the gall to do this, and Steam allowed them to, troubles me greatly.
Report this game.
tl;dr wtf is this
The real charity: the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
The fake charity:
SS Studios is selling the game "I Support Breast Cancer Research " on Steam and framing it as a donation to the BCRF. The store page/FAQ mentions that 40% of proceeds will go to the BCRF if the game raises more than $100.00. ($100 is coincidentally the listing price for games on Steam.) If it fails to sell that much in 3 months it will apparently be delisted. The goal, as per their FAQ, is to "raise 500.000 USD in donations in the span of 1 year, but even if [they] get no where near that or pass it BCRF will always get their share. ".
If this sounds scammy, don't worry their FAQ will make it sound worse.
And then this news post is the cherry on top:
It's worth noting that there is no mention of the game on BCRF's website (https://www.bcrf.org/) that I can see.https://steamcommunity.com/games/1035640/announcements/detail/1822175863317151573
The Elephant in the room (Is this a scam?)
I am very happy with the start of things, and the positive feedback iv heard, However, I know what most of you are thinking.. Upon doing two community adverts on two Steam groups most people speculate that this is all just one big scam. - and yes i understand why people may think this.
First off, I had emailed BCRF about this project on the 1st of March.
Email: - explaining everything that is going on
In the word document it has everything that can be seen on the store page, and on the Q and A section.
I can assure everyone 100% that donations will be made to BCRF starting May 1st 2019.
- There will be hard proof of all donations made. Total Steam revenue with screenshots, copies sold, refunded, everything will be updated and shown at the end of each Month Starting May 1st 2019.
If you would like to wait until the first donation is done and see proof for yourself it may be a better option if you are still weary. Those who can help are encouraged. But please ask if you have any questions.
Thanks for your support. - Here's to hoping for a great success.
The game costs $8.99 USD, with three DLC "supporter" tiers:
Report this game.
tl;dr wtf is this
