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Steam algorithms push visual novels to all users

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You can play exclusively hardcore military shooters for a decade, and the algorithm will still try to sell you a dating simulator about pigeons. The digital storefront is notoriously chaotic, heavily favoring whichever cheap anime-style visual novels happen to be trending that afternoon.

Steam algorithms push visual novels to all users
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