Helldivers 2, the co-op PvE shooter from Arrowhead Games, has been topping the Steam charts for several weeks now. With more and more people jumping in to save Super Earth from the Automatons, it appears not everything is going as smoothly as it should.
When you log onto Steam, you may see various options to purchase Helldivers 2, but you would do well to stay away from them and choose the official Helldivers 2, as the rest are all fakes! That’s right, people are trying to earn a bit of quick cash by leveraging the Helldivers 2 name.
Steam Game Pages are being Reworked to Look Like Helldivers 2
X user @Wario64 shared pictures on the social media site of two games that are posing as Helldivers 2 with staggeringly low prices of just $12.49 and $19.99. This would make the games 50%–75% off the original list price. These are games previously present on the Steam platform that have changed their page details to resemble Helldivers 2, hoping people will be too focused on the low price to find out if it’s the original game.
Twinbeard, the Helldivers 2 Community Manager, shared a message on the game’s Discord channel to warn people against the scam attempt.
There are unfortunately two (three now?!) fake games being marketed as Helldivers 2 on Steam at the moment. THESE ARE FAKE. They are not made by Arrowhead but they claim to be. We do not know what they contain, but they are not affiliated with us in any way.
He went on to state that the legal department has been notified of the issue and clarified that the only two original listings on Steam are Helldivers 2 and Helldivers 2: Super Citizen Edition, both of which were released on February 8th.
Valve Acted Quickly When Informed About the Duplicates
It appears Valve has already taken down the imposter titles, according to an update by Twinbeard on Discord. Sadly, it appears Helldivers 2 is not the only game experiencing such an issue. When Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Games, tweeted out about the issue, wondering how a game could imitate another in the first place, Palworld Community Manager Buckey revealed the same had happened to their game.
He said two small Russian games were posing as Palworld, and they were taken down as soon as the games were reported by Pocketpair to Steam. People are now pointing fingers at Valve, questioning whether enough safeguards are in place to reduce scams and safeguard customers.
Scams are in no way new to Steam, with many hackers trying their best to get into accounts to access card information. However, posing as a popular game with very low prices is something we don’t see often, and some Steam users may have gotten fooled into buying the imposter Helldivers 2. We hope they can initiate a refund and get their money back ASAP.
How do you think Steam can safeguard against such scams? Let us know in the comments below.
