Vincent: The Secret of Myers
[Important] Fake VTSOM Game on Steam!
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and a happy New Year!
It has been brought to my attention that a publisher who claims to be "Valange Studio" has uploaded my game to Steam without my permission. They falsely claim that they have formed a "commercial agreement" with me, which are complete lies. I have NEVER heard of or spoken with them. Please be aware of this scam. I have reached out to Steam support about this but it seems that the page is still up at this moment.
Sorry that this is the first announcement of the year, and hope everyone have a great 2025!
(Above is this fake publisher's announcement. These are lies and completely made up. They are trying to scam people by charging money for my free games.)
Update - It seems that the Steam page has been taken down! Thank you everyone for your help!
Dino
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I'm glad it was already taken care of by the time I wake up (love what a little community can do) Hope this won't be something reccuring
And a happy New Year to you too ! Also soon the Snake Year for the lunar calendar, hope the year goes well for you and times to come <3
It is very tiring to see this person trying to steal work from others, Good luck on taking them off and happy new year dino
Glad to see it's been taken down!! Sucks it's the reason you've come back though :( if anything else happens like it, it'll be delt with quickly. You can count on everyone!!
Hate people who do things like this, you spent time and effort and made an amazing game free and accessible and people lie and scam, Love your games and hope issues like such don't persist.
your work is excellent, and I'm glad it gets the adoration it deserves <3
That's terrible, I could tell a lot of love and care was put into this game! Thankfully as of about 1pm today the game seems gone.
Thank you for letting us know, it's really horrid how many scams you have had to deal with. And we're with you, I'll report the steam page as soon as I can. Hope that, apart from this, you're doing great Dino, happy New Years!
Oh my GOD, thats horrible, im so sorry this is happening to you Dino! I have no clue how these people even thought they could get away with this. Steam has GOT to do something about this
It'll def get taken down, ill report it once I can aswell!
Happy new year though Dino, I hope you're doing alright otherwise!
how awful of them! thanks for letting us know, dino! have a happy new year
what a disgusting thing to do to steal someone's work like that, i'll make sure to report
also have a happy new year too, don't let this situation bring u down>:3
I knew it seemed sketchy! I'm so disgusted in their words. Take your time, Dino and have a wonderful year!
Unbelievably gross, will make sure to report it!! Happy new year Dino, happy to hear from you again!!!! ^^
I don't know how much it will do but I have reported them
Such a shame to see. Obviously it's not fair to expect you to go the extra mile, but maybe it's worth getting your games on Steam so it's harder for others to claim them?