Scammers Exploit Steam Loophole, Create Fake Helldivers 2 Listings to Trick Buyers
• Fraudulent Steam listings for "Helldivers 2" popped up overnight at steep discounts, scamming buyers • The indie game "Figurality" changed its Steam page to match Helldivers 2 to trick people into buying it • Another fake Helldivers 2 listing also briefly went up before being taken down by Valve • Arrowhead Studio warned players against the listings on Discord; Valve eventually delisted the games • The incidents exposed a flaw in Steam's back-end that allows games to easily change names/assets to mimic popular games