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Fake Baldur’s Gate 3 iOS​

Anyone looking for Baldur’s Gate on the iOS app store expect to find a few things: the ports of classic games in the series from over a decade ago, and the typical guide apps available for every game. (Who is downloading these?)

Released in November 2024, Baldur’s Gate 3 – Mobile Turuk is a scam app designed to trick unsuspecting gamers into paying for a useless subscription. Listed as a free application, the “game’s” description claims players will be able to “create their own character from a wide range of D&D classes” or “choose one of several pre-made ‘Origin’ characters, each with their own unique storyline and motivations”.


Alongside the obvious bogus description, the game’s store page entry uses official Baldur’s Gate 3 screenshots with fake mobile control overlays. Screenshots show the always-attractive Astarion in the character creator as well as gameplay screenshots showing the boss fight against a Spectator, the mini Beholder.

All of this is to try and loop unsuspecting players into the app’s true purpose, signing up for a useless subscription. Priced at $29.99 for 30 days, the subscription claims to unlock access to the game, which is doesn’t. Furthermore, the app’s terms of service reveal that it does collect numerous pieces of data, including a user’s IP address.

 

[Skifi28]

How has this not been delisted? Curated store my ass.

 

[RaZoR No1]

I thought the App Store is secure and save?
How were they able to release something like this?

 

[bender]

Sometimes you fuck a bear and sometimes the bear fucks you.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

How has this not been delisted? Curated store my ass.

It's not a bug, it's a feature
Based Apple®

 

[RagnarokIV]

Amazing idea to get a quick bit of cash, well done.

Mobile gaming is full of idiots anyway so no big deal.

 

[cyberheater]

It’s still there. I just checked.

 

[MiguelItUp]

It's insane how often this happens on both stores. Be it blatant rip offs of other IPs, or "games" that can't even launch or are barely functional. Or both. They've mentioned apps and games being curated on both platforms and it certainly doesn't seem that way, lol. Could be a process to make sure that applications contain data, and that's really it. So they can see that "something" is there, but they don't test it otherwise, lol.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Amazing idea to get a quick bit of cash, well done.

Mobile gaming is full of idiots anyway so no big deal.

This is literally a scam. Using official BS3 art. Anyone can get fat stacks if you scam people.