Steam’s most expensive game “The Hidden and Unknown” sells for nearly 30,000 yuan, can be fully broken and refunded in less than 2 hours | 4Gamers

In 2023, the standard price of many 3A masterpieces will reach 70 US dollars, which has exceeded NT$2,000 in conversion. This price has made many players unbearable, let alone a game with a standard price of NT$30,000. I believe that any player who sees it All of them are terrified, this game has been put on Steam recently, its name is “The Hidden and Unknown” (literal translation: hidden and unknown).

According to the store page information, “The Hidden and Unknown” is a narrative-style story game, and its game description aims to “expand a broad audience’s understanding in the field of psychology and philosophy”, with a few uninteresting screenshots , and then priced at NT$29,990. (The price in North America is US$1999.90, which is about NT$60,000)

exist SteamDB Information, “The Hidden and Unknown” registered store login information in about October 2022, and the unknown developer ProX uploaded relevant entries and screenshots in November, and the game was finally officially released on January 23, 2023.

The information under the game store wrote a similar warning statement:

The world is full of hidden and unknown. This is true of many things, but some things should be shared because they are vital to the development of our civilization.

One of the easiest ways to share facts is through fictional stories that allow real people to save face, but still teach us the necessary lessons.

The first story shows us how a seemingly small action can change a person’s life. Sometimes these actions are not even of our own making, sometimes they come from impermanence.

Even the details of the story don’t matter so much, what we should remember is the lesson we learned from it.

Everyone has a story to learn from, so instead of ignoring your reality, try to think about it.

If you often react irrationally when offended, it would be wise to avoid this game.

Of course, I believe that there may be few players who are willing to buy this game except the oil king in the Middle East, but there are some players who get the serial number for free from ConnoisseursshareAccording to their own experience, they do not recommend buying this game.

Similarly, according to foreign media PCGamesN Interviewing the developer, ProX also said, “I don’t believe anyone will buy this game.”

However, if you really have the courage to buy the game with your wallet, the content of this work seems to be cleared within 2 hours, which is in line with the refund game time regulations stipulated by Valve. Even if you are really curious, you can “appreciate” this wonderful game through the pictures shared by other players on the Internet.

“The Hidden and Unknown” may be a prank, it may be a social experiment, but it proves once again that motivating people’s curiosity is still an important part of publicity strategy.

Your reason tells you that no one can force you to buy it. As ProX’s rationality told him: “Obviously, the question is ‘Who would do that?’ I spent a few months, and even if only two people bought it, I believe I made the most rational decision.”