r/AndroidGaming • u/Low_Ad4941 • Jul 14 '26
Help/Support 🙋 Fake No Mans Sky App
Has anyone encountered this? I got so excited when i saw that no mans sky would have a mobile port since it's one of the games i always wanted to olay if i ever get a PC and downloaded it but the first 5 seconds after opening i got a full screen of ads, microtransaction offers and even more ads after woth an ad timer counter, at that point i already knew it was a sh*t copy paste but decided to view further and boy it's just horrible. Playstore page even uses official photos i think. I reported the app but was hoping others would report too to get it taken down. (I turned on dns adguard the second time i opened it to take the screenshots cuz it's literally filled with ads and it was more menu than a game)
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u/Sufficient-Cup4705 Jul 14 '26
the play store screenshots using official art is what gets me, that takes actual effort to set up a convincing fake page. someone put real work into scamming people and chose this.
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u/Efficient-Warning118 Jul 14 '26
I even saw a gta early access scam on google. And google does noting on these games.
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u/karanroy605 Jul 14 '26
It's wild how many popular PC and even PlayStation games pop up as "early access" on the Play Store. I can't figure out why the Play Store lets these fake games through they're clearly just farming in ad money.
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u/Henry_puffball Jul 15 '26
It's why they are early access, it's a loophole to propone the checks and as a bonus for them also disables reviews
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u/justheretobehere_1 Jul 14 '26
Early Access App has a loophole, I won't go into details but that's how this scammers and fraud manage to get past google and publish this