The price of major publishers’ games is rising to $70. ProX, an independent developer, has released a Steam project called The Hidden and Unknown, which costs $2,000 and 65,000 rubles.
The Hidden and Unknown consists mainly of text and includes a philosophical claim and background pictures generated by the Stable Diffusion neural net.
ProX calls The Hidden and Unknown “A story-game whose goal it is to increase the representation of its audiences in the fields psychology and philosophy.” Telling fictional stories.
The Gamer interviewed ProX’s founder, a man whose pseudonym is ThePro, who stated that he has set such high prices for The Hidden and Unknown as he believes he can and should. “Sell your life for a penny.”.
“I understand that there will be people who will consider the price unreasonable. They are not my fault. I also believe that everyone should not buy. [The Hidden and Unknown]If he cannot afford it,— said ThePro.
ThePro stated that The Hidden and Unknown can be refunded on Steam regardless of how long it took. “Specially made the game shorter than two hours so that you can finish the story, get your money back and not feel cheated”.
The Hidden and Unknown can only be downloaded in English and currently has just three Steam reviews. Two are comical and the third one is strictly negative.