Baldur’s Gate 3 and GTA 6 today directly on mobile sounds too good to be true. However, those who go for it will quickly fall victim to a nasty scam.
What kind of apps are these? Apps for popular games like Baldur’s Gate 3 or GTA 6 keep appearing in the App Store. They promise that you can easily play these popular games on your mobile.
To make it believable, many of the fake apps use screenshots from the real games to which they add mobile control elements using image editing software. However, instead of gaining innovative cloud solutions from the original developers, you will lose a lot of money if you fall for the fake apps.
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Expensive scam instead of real gaming fun
How does the scam work? The fake apps use similar or identical names to the famous titles that many gamers would probably love to play on their smartphones. “Baldur’s Gate 3” becomes “Baldur’s Gate 3 – Mobile Turuk” and “GTA 6” becomes “GTA 6 Mobile / Gangster Game”.
Depending on which fake developer is behind the game, you can expect either completely different games or real scams that can cost you a lot of money. One of these can be explained well using the example of “Baldur’s Gate 3 – Mobile Turuk”.
Here you can see a screenshot of the product page of the scam app:
Baldur’s Gate 3 – Mobile Turuk.
Instead of the best game 2023, you will probably only see the title screen prompting you to purchase the “full version”. This is revealed in a review of the game (via apple.com). The app costs about 30 € – per month. However, if you buy the “full version”, you receive nothing. There is no game behind the main menu, let alone BG 3.
Instead, you now have a subscription that takes 30 € from you every month as tuition fees until the game is removed from the App Store or you cancel it, or request a refund. Those who do not know how to do this can easily lose hundreds of euros a year.
Is this trick only in the App Store? No, this trick exists on all platforms where games are available. It primarily affects games that are currently very popular and for which fake developers hope to make a sale.
Both Apple and the other platform providers regularly take action against fake apps. However, developers always manage to release apps that trick you into thinking they are the mobile version of your favorite game.
In addition to GTA 6 and Baldur’s Gate 3, Palworld and Helldivers 2 also faced the same problem. Here, however, the scammers did not sell a mobile version, but rather a deceptively real copy on Steam: Scammers sold fake versions of Palworld and Helldivers 2 – Here’s what to watch out for
