{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f71799ea318629f7df513db3","clusterId":"c_cd2e862ee44ec7775ea8af43","slug":"steam-game-claiming-to-be-most-expensive-is-actually-third-most-expensive","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Steam Game Claiming to Be Most Expensive Is Actually Third Most Expensive","summary":"Worth It Studio released 'Congratulations On Your Purchase' on May 29, 2026, priced at 158,500 yen and marketed as the most expensive game on Steam. However, sorting by highest price on Steam shows it in third place, behind 'Action: Vengeance' at 197,997 yen and 'MolCollabo v2' at 275,000 yen.","whyItMatters":"The game's store page itself questions whether its $999.99 price tag is justified, but the claim of being the most expensive on the platform is factually incorrect, with two pricier titles already on Steam.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eWorth It Studio and developer Minimum Viable Prestige released \u0026#39;Congratulations On Your Purchase\u0026#39; on May 29, 2026, for 158,500 yen. The Steam store page describes it as a game where you are congratulated by countless people and can only write on a wall, and it claims to be \u0026#39;the most expensive on Steam.\u0026#39; The store page also states, \u0026#39;The question of whether this experience is worth $999.99 (international price) is philosophically unanswerable. Value is constructed, and price is arbitrary.\u0026#39;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs of June 22, 2026, sorting Steam by highest price places \u0026#39;Congratulations On Your Purchase\u0026#39; in third. The second-priced game is \u0026#39;Action: Vengeance,\u0026#39; an FPS costing 197,997 yen. The highest-priced software on Steam is \u0026#39;MolCollabo v2\u0026#39; at 275,000 yen, which appears to be academic software for researchers rather than a game. A text-based ADV called \u0026#39;The Hidden and Unknown\u0026#39; was previously priced at about 220,000 yen but is no longer for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Congratulations On Your Purchase's marketing claim of being Steam's most expensive game is false. The game ranks third behind Action: Vengeance and MolCollabo v2, both priced higher.","twitterPost":"Congratulations On Your Purchase claims to be Steam's most expensive game, but it ranks third behind two higher-priced titles.","threadsPost":"Worth It Studio marketed Congratulations On Your Purchase as the most expensive game on Steam at 158,500 yen. Sorting by price reveals it is actually third, behind Action: Vengeance at 197,997 yen and MolCollabo v2 at 275,000 yen.","newsletterBlurb":"Worth It Studio's 'Congratulations On Your Purchase' launched on Steam at 158,500 yen with a claim of being the most expensive game on the platform. Sorting by highest price shows it in third place, behind an FPS and academic software. The game's store page questions the value of its own price tag.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/06/22/168264.html\",\"title\":\"A game claiming to be \\\"the most expensive on Steam\\\" appears at 158,500 yen. However, there are still higher-priced games in the Steam wilderness.\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4180,"outputTokens":687,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1782097653,"createdAt":"2026-06-22T03:03:28.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-22T03:06:33.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-22T03:06:33.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_cd2e862ee44ec7775ea8af43","canonicalTitle":"「Steamで最も高額」を謳う158,500円のゲームが登場。しかし、まだ上には上がいるSteam大魔境","representativeArticleId":"a_2ab690a7d3d4c58d1913357e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-22T02:17:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-22T02:17:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-22T03:06:34.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/06/22/168264.html","title":"「Steamで最も高額」を謳う158,500円のゲームが登場。しかし、まだ上には上がいるSteam大魔境"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Worth It Studio released 'Congratulations On Your Purchase' on Steam on May 29, 2026, priced at 158,500 yen.","The game's store page claims it is 'the most expensive on Steam,' but sorting by highest price shows it in third place.","The most expensive Steam title is 'MolCollabo v2' at 275,000 yen, which is academic software, not a game.","The second most expensive is 'Action: Vengeance,' an FPS priced at 197,997 yen.","A previously priced game 'The Hidden and Unknown' at about 220,000 yen is no longer for sale."]}