Click Adventure: Difference between revisions

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{{IncidentCargo

|Company=Valve

|Status=~~Active~~

|StartDate=2025-08-06

|EndDate=2025-09-15

|Status=Resolved

|ProductLine=Steam

|ArticleType=~~Service~~

|Product=Steam

|ArticleType=Incident

|Type=Scam, Security

|Description=The ~~Click Adventure controversy involves the~~ Steam game Click Adventure ~~compromising~~ users' accounts ~~to execute~~ unauthorized transactions.

|Description=The Steam game 'Click Adventure' compromised users' accounts and executed unauthorized Steam Marketplace transactions.

}}In mid-2025, a game named ''Click Adventure'', published by “Folso Dev.” on Steam, was found to have facilitated unauthorized withdrawals from users’ [https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59 Steam Wallets] via the Steam Community Marketplace. Players reported wallet funds disappearing after transactions of worthless items, despite having security features enabled. The game was eventually removed from Steam, but many victims have not received refunds. This case has raised concerns about gaps in Steam’s marketplace and account security. Steam, in response, has responded saying that Community Mark transactions are not possible to reverse despite the developer having already been banned from the platform by the time the refunds were sought.

}}

In mid-2025, a game named ''Click Adventure'', published by “Folso Dev.” on Steam, was found to have facilitated unauthorized withdrawals from users’ [https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59 Steam Wallets] via the Steam Community Marketplace. Players reported wallet funds disappearing after transactions of worthless items, despite having security features enabled. The game was eventually removed from Steam, but many victims have not received refunds. This case has raised concerns about gaps in Steam’s marketplace and account security. Steam, in response, has responded saying that Community Mark transactions are not possible to reverse despite the developer having already been banned from the platform by the time the refunds were sought.

==Background==

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-{{Incomplete|Issue 1=needs more references}}
+{{Incomplete|Issue 1=needs more references}}{{IncidentCargo
-{{IncidentCargo
 |Company=Valve
-|Status=Active
+|StartDate=2025-08-06
+|EndDate=2025-09-15<!--approximate date game was removed from steam as per article-->
+|Status=Resolved<!--I marked resolved because Valve has already responded, and is unlikely to do anything else-->
 |ProductLine=Steam
-|ArticleType=Service
+|Product=Steam
+|ArticleType=Incident
 |Type=Scam, Security
-|Description=The Click Adventure controversy involves the Steam game Click Adventure compromising users' accounts to execute unauthorized transactions.
+|Description=The Steam game 'Click Adventure' compromised users' accounts and executed unauthorized Steam Marketplace transactions.
-}}In mid-2025, a game named ''Click Adventure'', published by “Folso Dev.” on Steam, was found to have facilitated unauthorized withdrawals from users’ [https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59 Steam Wallets] via the Steam Community Marketplace. Players reported wallet funds disappearing after transactions of worthless items, despite having security features enabled. The game was eventually removed from Steam, but many victims have not received refunds. This case has raised concerns about gaps in Steam’s marketplace and account security. Steam, in response, has responded saying that Community Mark transactions are not possible to reverse despite the developer having already been banned from the platform by the time the refunds were sought.
+}}
+In mid-2025, a game named ''Click Adventure'', published by “Folso Dev.” on Steam, was found to have facilitated unauthorized withdrawals from users’ [https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59 Steam Wallets] via the Steam Community Marketplace. Players reported wallet funds disappearing after transactions of worthless items, despite having security features enabled. The game was eventually removed from Steam, but many victims have not received refunds. This case has raised concerns about gaps in Steam’s marketplace and account security. Steam, in response, has responded saying that Community Mark transactions are not possible to reverse despite the developer having already been banned from the platform by the time the refunds were sought.
 ==Background==