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A number of Steam curator groups have been removed from the platform after a developer managed to figure out they were in fact scammers.\n<\/p>\n

BROK the InvestiGator<\/a>, developed by solo indie dev Cowcat Games, released on 26th August on Steam and GOG. On Steam, Cowcat noted that BROK had received mostly positive reviews from players, gaming sites and curators alike.<\/p>\n

\nTwo days later, Cowcat posted a Twitter thread regarding some unusual behaviour from curators.\n<\/p>\n

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A number of Steam curator groups have been removed from the platform after a developer managed to figure out they were in fact scammers. BROK the InvestiGator, developed by solo indie dev Cowcat Games, released on 26th August on Steam and GOG. On Steam, Cowcat noted that BROK had received mostly positive reviews from players, gaming sites and curators alike. Two days later, Cowcat posted a Twitter thread regarding some unusual behaviour from curators. 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