Following the trend of Steam’s most expensive game, an independent game on Steam “prices as high as 18 million yuan” is still well received | 4Gamers

On January 23rd during the 2023 annual holiday, a Steam appearedGames with an asking price of NT$29,990suddenly became the most expensive game in the history of Steam, but this number one position has not yet taken off. Four days later, another game’s price soared to NT$7 digits. Its name is “MEGAJUMP”.

“MEGAJUMP” is a skit game launched by independent developer Laptop gaming in 2020. Its gameplay is basically like a 3D crude version of “Jump King”. Bottom, let you jump again.

Smart Steam players should guess that this game is not so expensive as soon as it is launched, but the developer adjusts the price.according to SteamDB“MEGAJUMP” is a game with a price of only 2-3 euros, but on January 27, the developer raised the price to 573,776 euros, about NT$18.81 million.

It is obvious that “MEGAJUMP” was adjusted following the topic of “The Hidden and Unknown”‘s high price, and became the game with the most fierce price increase in history.

It is worth mentioning that the price adjustment of “MEGAJUMP” is only adjusted in US dollars, euros, British pounds, Australian dollars, Norwegian krone and other currencies. Other countries and regions still maintain the original low price. In Taiwan, it is still only NT$102.

Although “MEGAJUMP” is not popular in the highly competitive Steam market, the game still received some sporadic praise because it was a bit interesting when it was originally launched. In addition, after the revised price, it may gain the attention of some players again. As for these players who bought It is not known whether it is a high-priced version.

Of course, after the emergence of games such as “The Hidden and Unknown” and “MEGAJUMP” that set prices at sky-high prices, it is inevitable that there may be more cases of gaining attention with expensive prices, but what ultimately affects players’ willingness to buy is still It’s the nature of the game, not the selling price.