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This site looks kinda weird. For one, it looks much more polished than any similar site I've seen so far. They have really good SEO as well, always popping up pretty high on Google. They have a massive selection of content.

How can they still be up?

What's the catch/what's wrong with them?

Also, what do they mean by "preinstalled"? The game isn't preinstalled if I have to install it from them, is it?

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[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I generally run on the notion that if it sounds too good to be true and is slick and fancy... it's probably a scam of some kind.

This site definitely gives that vibe to me.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It totally does, that's why I was asking.

I just wonder what the scam is.

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Idk if any of you are old enough to remember NonSteamDown, an alternative Steam launcher that gave you access to all Valve's games (when the only games you could get through Steam were Valve's own titles). Completely unrelated to your question about Steamunlocked, it just triggered a core memory from my youth.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Haha cheers!

[–] demystify@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember it being blacklisted in Reddit's r/piracy megathread, supposedly they used IGG's cracks or something. I, however, never had any problems with them.

Tread with caution. Use steamrip.com or other safe sources if you can, and if you have to use this site, at least be wary, read comments and scan the fuck out of everything.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the warning. What's IGG?

[–] OrangeXarot@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Huh, doesn't sound too bad. Adblocker takes care of the ads. Slow host, oh well. And the last point I don't understand.