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Scam With Your Friends Hits Early Access With 28,983 Concurrent Players on Steam

A conversational AI swindling sim built around live back-and-forth with AI marks turned in a 28,983-player Steam peak on day one, which is the number to watch for a small studio release in this niche.

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Scam With Your Friends Hits Early Access With 28,983 Concurrent Players on Steam

JakeHub and Metater released the early access version of Scam With Your Friends on PC via Steam on October 16. The game casts players as call center scammers who talk AI targets out of money and steal their personal data, and it supports online co-op. SteamDB recorded a peak concurrent player count of 28,983 shortly after launch. A 10 percent release sale runs until October 30, pricing the game at 1,215 yen.

The early access build went live on October 16 for PC via Steam, priced at 1,215 yen during a 10 percent launch sale that runs through October 30. Players work a corrupt call center, holding real-time conversations with AI marks, using remote access to pull personal information, and trying to meet daily quotas while an AI's wariness shifts with what you say.

SteamDB logged a peak concurrent count of 28,983 shortly after launch. The game also supports online co-op, so the swindling can be done as a group.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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