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Lief 3 Nov, 2018 @ 10:58am
Suspicious game
The game atomic rancher on steam is incredibly suspicious in its animations and mechanics, seemingly a copy of stardew valley with just a reskin, possible code stolen? Possible fake reviews as well. Watch the trailer https://steamhost.cn/app/914240/Atomic_Rancher/
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Originally posted by Michel Baie:
I don't really know what to make of it.
To me it looks more like an overhaul mod than just a rip-off... And I actually like the idea of a nuclear themed tower defense where you grow you defensive plants, to be perfectly fair.

However, It does seem the game is overly drawn from Stardew Valley to a point it could be illegal, but unless somebody can prove it - as in, showing some assets or a good bunch of code lines ripped off, then the game is in the clear.
And that will be mostly between ConcernedApe and them.

As for the reviews, some could be from developers' alt accounts, or from some random users recruited outside the usual steam group. Then again, there's no proof either way AFAIK.

Let's keep an eye on that game and see how it goes.
Thank you OP for pointing it, but be careful not obsessing too much. Yes, they did a similar illustration in their description, but it's not like that "Band with aligned sprites" was unique in the first place.
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Mutant Overlord 3 Nov, 2018 @ 11:33am 
I like how many people positive reviews have low amount of hours and have only one review on their account. Not suspicious at all.
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talgaby 3 Nov, 2018 @ 11:42am 
True, reviews look like the standard paid ones from the Original Curator group. But those users usually have more than one review posted or more games.
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Lief 3 Nov, 2018 @ 12:27pm 
I originally got an ad for this game on facebook of all places and looked a little deeper. Its literally a straight rip of stardew valley with slightly altered art.
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Lief 3 Nov, 2018 @ 1:06pm 
This is definitely a complete theft and flip of stardew valley, i checked the descriptions of both games and...

https://puu.sh/BVNwP/2b375388e3.png

https://puu.sh/BVNyg/b134c52649.png
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Michel Baie 3 Nov, 2018 @ 2:11pm 
I don't really know what to make of it.
To me it looks more like an overhaul mod than just a rip-off... And I actually like the idea of a nuclear themed tower defense where you grow you defensive plants, to be perfectly fair.

However, It does seem the game is overly drawn from Stardew Valley to a point it could be illegal, but unless somebody can prove it - as in, showing some assets or a good bunch of code lines ripped off, then the game is in the clear.
And that will be mostly between ConcernedApe and them.

As for the reviews, some could be from developers' alt accounts, or from some random users recruited outside the usual steam group. Then again, there's no proof either way AFAIK.

Let's keep an eye on that game and see how it goes.
Thank you OP for pointing it, but be careful not obsessing too much. Yes, they did a similar illustration in their description, but it's not like that "Band with aligned sprites" was unique in the first place.
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