The National Game Sales List today released a statistical report on domestic games in the first half of 2025.Included in the statistics, 1,020 Chinese games were launched on Steam (798 in the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 27.81%), of which 153 were free games, accounting for 15%.There are 517 games that have reached the Steam review threshold (number of reviews ≥ 10), accounting for 50.68%. There are also 21 games that have been removed from the shelves and locked in regions.
In the first half of the year, two new games with sales exceeding one million appeared, both of which suddenly jumped out as dark horses, and also caused large-scale controversy.
In particular, "Emotional Anti-Fraud Simulator" ranked first in sales with 1.1 million sales.
This game was directed by Hong Kong director Wu Yiu-fai (his representative work "All the Way West") and was originally named "Emotional Anti-Fraud Simulator".Players will play the role of "emotion hunter", go deep into the core of the "girl hunting" organization, and make key choices between deception and temptation in non-first-person immersive images.
The game has also attracted the attention of state media. Xinhuanet and China Central Broadcasting Network have both published reports on the "Emotional Anti-Fraud Simulator" by the Beijing Youth Daily.
It is believed that this game uses an innovative form to build a safe defense line for young people's marriage and love. Players can systematically learn emotional knowledge and think deeply about gender relationships during the game.
Through interactive narrative techniques, it carefully dismantles real-life traps such as emotional fraud, PUA manipulation, and economic blackmail, and turns the game into a vivid and profound anti-fraud public course. Through the method of "learning in the game", it has effectively improved the anti-fraud immunity of young people.
