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The Hidden and Unknown, developed by ProX and published on Steam, costs $1,999.90 and can be completed in under two hours. The Hidden and Unknown is the most expensive game on Steam, with a whopping price tag of $1,999.90.

It’s no surprise that the $1,999.90 asking price for The Hidden and Unknown on Steam will be out of reach for many players. As of January 23, only two users have taken the time to leave reviews for the game. Both studies are positive: one says the game is “worth every penny,” while the other says they would buy it again and gives it a perfect score of 10 out of 10.

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TheGamer reached out to ProX, the studio behind The Hidden and Unknown, to inquire about the reasoning behind the game’s steep price tag of over $2,000. ProX claimed that they had the “right” to charge whatever price they wanted for the game. Users should be allowed to get their money back, they said, because it’s highly unlikely that they’ll spend more than two hours on The Hidden and Unknown. To avoid feeling “cheated out of your money,” ProX assured TheGamer, “[…] you may finish the entire tale, and then refund the game.”

The Hidden and Unknown is a “story-based game” with philosophical and psychological underpinnings, according to the game’s description. The game’s official Steam page features a brief trailer where the words “narrative, unpredictable, prediction, future, and mystery” appear on a red and blue background before being covered up and replaced with “confusion assured.” Warning: “If you are often getting offended instead of reacting logically, avoiding this game would be a prudent decision,” it says in the game’s Steam description’s bottom.

Listing the game as $1,999.90 may result in few sales or in sales of games that are later returned for refunds, but it could prove to be a brilliant marketing strategy. Putting a high price on the game will get people’s interest because they’ll want to know why it costs so much. It may also pique the interest of wealthy Twitch streamers, who may decide to purchase the game at the total price to increase the viewership of their channel. The Hidden and Unknown may have been overlooked if it had yet to launch with a price tag of $1,999.90, considering the steady stream of new indie games added to Steam every day.

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