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GeoGuessr's Steam Release Hit With Overwhelmingly Negative Reviews For "Completely Pointless" Monetization (www.thegamer.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Fallstar@mander.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] stuner@lemmy.world 133 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Players can only access the lowest rank of competitive gameplay for free, and access to any higher levels costs a subscription fee of $2.50 a month. That's right, you'll need a subscription to play GeoGuessr on Steam, for some reason.

Not only is this price point bizarre for a game that you can literally just hop into similar browser versions and play for free, but [...]

GeoGuessr has required a subscription to actually play for a while now. I think they had a very limited Free tier until 2024, but it was not a great experience. The developers claim that they need to charge a subscription fee because they need to pay Google for the Streetview API access. To me, that seems plausible and would justify a subscription model (as opposed to a one-time purchase).

On the other hand, OpenGuessr seems to be a free alternative that offers a very similar game. That certainly seems like a better alternative if it's sustainable.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Geotastic is another great alternative that is funded by donations and ads (which you can remove by donating once)

[–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago

They also show you how much API calls cost you incurred, which is nice. That way I know how much of my donation only offsets what I use and how much I actually donate to development

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