Overview
- Minimum Viable Prestige released Congratulations On Your Purchase on May 28, 2026 as a roughly 10‑minute first‑person walking experience set in a palace where owners leave their name on a public wall.
- The game's Steam page explicitly states "the price is not a mistake. It is the point," framing the $999.99 tag as the artistic message rather than a pricing error.
- Public trackers show almost no live activity and the game's external site displays a small number of purchaser messages, but those counts are limited and disputed across outlets.
- Players and forum users have reported the listing to Valve and many have criticized the title as a stunt or a scam, and coverage notes Valve has not publicly removed or enforced against the listing.
- Reporters point to the developer's disclosure that some store artwork used generative AI and place the release in a longer pattern of high‑priced digital status items, raising questions about platform policy, consumer protection, and how stores verify purchases and listings.