A New Free Steam Game Is Topping the Most-Played Charts, But It's Also Leading to False Bans
in newsletterIGN · 2 min read · games
Task Bar Hero, a free Steam game, reached 500k+ concurrent players (third most-played on Steam) in its first month. The idle RPG runs in the taskbar while users work, with loot sellable on the Steam marketplace. However, its aggressive anti-cheat has triggered false bans and account labels, and players report items randomly disappearing.
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Appeared in 2026-06-19.