Originally posted by yui:

Just shovelwares :)

Yeah, i checked most of it some of them seems legit but also meh i guess it depends on people preference some may angry about it but ok.

Originally posted by Xaelath:

Originally posted by yui:

Just shovelwares :)

Yeah, i checked most of it some of them seems legit but also meh i guess it depends on people preference some may angry about it but ok.

I don't think it would make anyone angry. Or maybe crappy game collectors.

a lot's of the games I've noticed being banned where copy paste from unity tutorials using freely available assets.

often there is almost nothing done in term of coding from the developer who put the game on steam.

Noticed it earlier.

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/discussions/forum/1/1744511953042409924/

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/discussions/forum/1/1744511953042293505/

i was like 60 games off 15k zzzzz

Well i am glad they take time to clean it upp.
must be a hell to go through them.

more like thousands of games.^^
Yesterday my count showed 12k, now 10.660.
I'm not mad about it though, since it was about time they brought the trash out. lol

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/1000-games-were-just-removed-from-steam-and-we-dont-know-why/

Originally posted by Protoblob:

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/1000-games-were-just-removed-from-steam-and-we-dont-know-why/

But we do know why. They all belonged to the same publisher who had like 20 different "smurf" studios to publish their asset rips shovelware.
See here: https://prnt.sc/q28ite

And since Steam terminated their relationship with the publisher all the smurf publisher accounts got terminated too. Thats why its been so many games at once.

Originally posted by Protoblob:

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/1000-games-were-just-removed-from-steam-and-we-dont-know-why/

Shovelwares / asset flips.

Games don't vanish from the store without a proper reason.

If you're a collector (badge collector), it's never a good idea to purchase cheap junk that ends up being pulled.

On the other hand, this stuff is gold for removed games collectors.

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

Originally posted by Protoblob:

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/1000-games-were-just-removed-from-steam-and-we-dont-know-why/

Shovelwares / asset flips.

Games don't vanish from the store without a proper reason.

If you're a collector (badge collector), it's never a good idea to purchase cheap junk that ends up being pulled.

On the other hand, this stuff is gold for removed games collectors.

Or a developer went poof, or did a silly. If the payment destination gets flagged as invalid Valve cannot sell the game (ie if there's no account/person to recive the monies, Valve can't collect the monies)

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by Protoblob:

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/1000-games-were-just-removed-from-steam-and-we-dont-know-why/

But we do know why. They all belonged to the same publisher who had like 20 different "smurf" studios to publish their asset rips shovelware.
See here: https://prnt.sc/q28ite

And since Steam terminated their relationship with the publisher all the smurf publisher accounts got terminated too. Thats why its been so many games at once.

The gaming equivalent off 20 sharknado movies. I just went through the list, most are indeed of these games. Very low priced, and so many that steam doesn't make a single cent from them.

Valve actually doing some quality control for once? Im honestly shocked.

Thing is if a dev gets banned cuz they submitted shovelware, it also removes all of their non-shovelware games too.