Priced as a $200 joke, a Steam game nets $1.38M gross, but leaves the creator with about $2k
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An 18-year-old New Hampshire creator released This Game Costs $200 on Steam as a joke, pricing it at the platform’s max; it sold 6,717 copies and grossed about $1.38 million, but 6,707 buyers were refunded, leaving the developer Michael Major with roughly $2,045 after refunds, with most sales coming from China. The Steam page bills the title as a “swindle” and a psychological experiment, and it’s described as a sequel to This Game Costs $10.
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