Just guessing but it’s probably the same age old scam of the permanent sale people like to think they are getting a deal also I think you can list games by discount percentage same as all the Amazon prime day “deals” where they jack up the prices then put them on sale for the normal price

You're right. Funny how they're all the games with "hidden" in the titles and they all look somehow similar. It's super suss. I don't think it's as simple as a cash grab. High chance they're used for money laundering or transferring funds from stolen steam accounts or credit cards.

Yeah it's really annoying, i would like a way to tag and block this kinds of games. One really funny, they would increase the price and the "discount" each week/month.

My guess would be that heavily discounted games might be getting an advantage by the steam recommendation algorithm. So they'd rather go for 99,99 and constantly discount it instead of starting with 4,99

The reason it might not be on sale when you look it up yourself is that a lot of jurisdictions don't allow fake sales and price manipulation so they're forced to keep them at full price as the sale gets voided.

Good question. I have not seen those yet. Will keep an eye out. Thanks for mentioning it.

Why make a good product and sell many copies at a low price, when you can scam just a few people with a shitty game sold for hundreds of dollars? 🤷🏻‍♂️