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Steam's fourth most played game doesn't really make any money, and its developer says it's better off that way

What is Steam's fourth most played game? Probably not what you think.

Despite having had around 150,000 daily concurrent players since April, making it at this moment more popular than blockbusters like Elden Ring: Nightreign and Dune: Awakening, Bongo Cat isn't able to recoup the miniscule development costs it has. Should they try to emulate Bongo Cat with grubbier intentions, the tables of public perception might turn, and there's already a fairly blatant copy in Bingo Pet, which hasn't had great reviews. I'd like nothing more than these concerns to blow away in the wind because I don't want the ambition to be pulled out of games, but no amount of hoping will change that there's a problem here that Steam, and that the wider industry, needs to address.

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