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Howd this game get so much attention in the first place? Theres so many fraudulent mobile games flooding app stores every single day.
Well, for one, they probably used bots to garner the "Most Wishlisted Game on Steam" accolade, they also used shill accounts to counter negative reviews and press.
Thats just blind guessing.
People just liked the concept pitch, its not an entire smoke and mirror show.