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Anthony McGlynn

"I almost died": Solo dev says his Steam game made $1.3 million, but 99% of people refunded it so he's only getting $2,000

A giraffe appears in prank Steam game This Game Costs 200 Dollars.

Life giveth, and life taketh away. A prank title called This Game Costs $200 was put on sale for, you gussed it, $200, nearly making the solo developer behind it a millionaire before mass refunds on Steam left him with just over $2,000.

The creative mind behind this endeavor is Michael Major, an 18-year-old who had a brainwave: what would happen if I put a random game on Steam for $200, the maximum price tag possible?

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