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Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Be careful checking out.
October 18, 2024

What they show as a price on the purchase screen is different than what they show on the checkout screen. They are not an honest or rliable company.

Date of experience: October 18, 2024
DO
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Scam Website
August 25, 2024

They will sell you a game at 3 dollars, but charge you 15 monthly, even though the game really costs 2 or 3. Total scam website and if you manage to cancel their automatic payments they cancel your game.

Date of experience: August 25, 2024
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I would like to say this is an excellent site ****** with great customer service. Been a customer for many years, Any recurring billing has a setting you can turn off. They have some great sales... so all positive for me. Shout out to Jay who is a fantastic customer service agent.

Date of experience: May 20, 2022
West Virginia
1 review
16 helpful votes
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I purchased the full version of Oregon Trail 5, the purchase key originally worked, but quit working after only a few hours. Then I found out that Gamefools attempted to start billing my account for $14.99/month, which was nowhere authorized in the original purchase (it only showed up on the receipt forwarded to my email). Cancelled the "membership" in time not to get the recurring bill, but still don't have the game and these people are deceptive. Avoid.

Date of experience: January 23, 2022
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great Customer Service!
February 1, 2021
Updated review

Customer Service responded respectively and rather quickly. Of course, like most businesses, there are those underlying 'Fine-Prints'! The site has some good aspects and some glitches I, unfortunately, fell under the latter. Nevertheless, customer service promptly remedied the issue. I am apprehensive towards future use, but again I will admit I have used the site for years with no difficulties. Keep in mind if it sounds too good to be true it usually is.

Date of experience: February 1, 2021

Scammmmmmmmmm!
January 30, 2021
Previous review

I did not sign up for a subscription. I specifically purchased 1 game and one game only for the purchase price of $2.99 on 12/28/2020. I intentionally declined a subscription and unannounced to me, 1/27/2021 I was charged and subscribed anyway. I have not purchased or even played other games on this site recently. Years ago for free yes, but not in recent years and absolutely not for purchase. This is ridiculous and Downright unacceptable!
I was asked to sign up or to decline and I intentionally selected DECLINE. I did not use Paypal, I inputted my credit card for a one-time purchase directly on their site. Do not pay attention to anyone saying otherwise. We all use what we use for our own intended purposes and have the right to use it how we want. The subscription is absolutely HIDDEN! Why make it optional if you will secretly add it as a plan anyway.
I also purchased without an account as a guest and an account was set up for me with the email I used to purchase, when I requested 'forgotten password', I was sent a new password via email which is crazy because I never had one. I cannot delete the account or my card information on the site AT ALL! This is absolutely INSANE!
Also, initially, I received acknowledgment of my purchase and non-subscription further validating my claim. Call your card company they will rectify the problem and reimburse you. I personally was reimbursed not sure if it will work for everyone. I'm trying now to delete my account from the site which also is hidden, but I have been issued a new card in case my claims are undisputed.
I specifically used their official website directly not a third-party site. When using this site just be wary they have flaws and underlining scammer tendencies. I will admit in the past when using temporary downloads I haven't had any issues nor have I ever input any card info or purchased anything. This was my first and last purchase ever. In the past, I'd download a game for temporary use for a certain amount of time for absolutely FREE (no credit/debit card necessary). When the trial period expired, I was prompted to purchase a subscription and input card info for continued play which I have never done. I finally decided to purchase and input my card info and boy was I in for a root awakening. HUGE MISTAKE, HUGE! Never again, and I thought they were different! LMBO!

Date of experience: January 30, 2021
North Carolina
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Like many others, I bought one game and they tried to charge my card $14.99 every month for a service I dont even use. Good thing my debit card was already replaced so they cant take my money, but I do not plan on paying them.

Date of experience: April 5, 2022
Canada
1 review
20 helpful votes
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Criminals!
February 15, 2021

These people have been billing my PayPal account $14.99 USD every month illegally, after I made the stupid mistake of purchasing a single game from them one time. So far they have stolen $250 of my hard-earned money and for what? The game I bought originally was crap; I never even finished it, and I have never dealt with them since. I certainly never authorized them to steal my money every month. They are criminals! Avoid at all costs! You will be sorry!

Date of experience: February 15, 2021
New Hampshire
1 review
15 helpful votes
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They will steal from you
February 8, 2021

I paid $1.99 for a game i was nostalgic about and then they charged my paypal I barely use $14.99 for almost a year with no indications prior that I was subscribing too and when i figured it out and contacted them they only payed back $30. They are crooks and thieves and they're games suck anyway. It is not worth it.

Date of experience: February 8, 2021
Massachusetts
3 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I bought a $3.00 game and without my permission they started taking $15.00 out of bank account every month. Luckily I frequently look for unauthorized things like this and I canceled the bogus charge.

Date of experience: May 18, 2023
Indiana
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Okay so i bought a game on here for $2.99. I made sure i payed for a one time purchase only, but then they started charging me $14.99 every month like a subscription. They did this without letting me know. Game fools is not worth it, even if you see a childhood game. Please read the reviews before you purchase anything from here. If you bought a game on here, i suggest you look at your account as soon as possible. Please be safe!

Date of experience: June 3, 2022
Canada
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Crooks!
September 2, 2020

I noticed my bank got charged $20.00 from gamefools as a recurring payment. I never bought anything from this site, never heard of it till I looked into it. Did not receive any emails from the company about billing or anything.

Date of experience: September 2, 2020
Pennsylvania
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Scam
August 24, 2021

I purchased a Sudoku game. That is all. Game fools helped it download, but then it froze and is useless. After the download they provided no other service, but suddenly I am being billed 15.99 a month. What a rip off!

Date of experience: August 24, 2021
Idaho
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Fake Sauce
July 1, 2019

"GameFools" lives up to it's name as a scam. I tested their "offer" to see if it would process, but the code i was given was totally bogus, and they tried to auto-subscribe me for $14/month. It appears they mostly work in cheap, web games, but it would be real easy for a youth to fall into this trap by asking their parents for a game XP just a heads up!

Date of experience: July 1, 2019
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I enjoyed the viking brothers games still replay them this game is a nice twist with the women vikings setting out to save their men and get out of washing the dishes. Ha ha. You get to tag along while they visit various mythological (viking) lands and meet up with characters also drawn from viking lore. The music is lovely though a bit repetitive. The graphics are very colourful and well done. Lots going on in each scene. You get to collect puzzle pieces. Love to play a new TM game and this is no disappointment. Will play again on a harder more challenging level... to try and get gold (not easy) and hoping there will be a sequel.

Date of experience: March 26, 2019
Massachusetts
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Bought a game, an account was created FOR me. Charged the account $15 monthly. Scam website.
If you ever buy anything from their website, please check your spam folder/email daily, or they will charge you like a Leech.

Date of experience: August 1, 2019
Pennsylvania
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Kind of Shady
August 20, 2020

Got Oregon Trail for my little bro, thankfully i was there for the purchase, so i noticed that the site AUTOMATICALLY signs you up to give them a monthly payment.
The site is clearly aimed towards kids who might not know any better and i think this practice of tricking children into setting up monthly fees is shady and unethical. Thankfully i am always around to monitor purchases as i know sites like this like to take advantage, so i did catch it.

Date of experience: August 20, 2020
Colorado
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Fraud
July 8, 2019

I purchased a game for $2.98. Starting the next month they started charging me $14.99 a month for no reason. I finally caught it after 9 months. When I called, they refunded 3 months but not more. If you search for game of fools in google, the first hit is correcting your account. If you read all the reviews, you will see others with similar experiences.

Date of experience: July 8, 2019
California
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Watch Out
November 13, 2018

If you buy a game or steam key, they will automatically bill the account $14.99 a month. I used paypal and they refused to reverse the charges. There was no authorization given to gamefools but they billed monthly anyway.

Date of experience: November 13, 2018
Florida
1 review
12 helpful votes
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I bought the Minecraft game for windows 10 the code didn't work the stole 6.99 from me.
I will try to get my money back with paypal because the Gamefools website has no help.
Horrible people running the page.

Date of experience: July 3, 2019
New York
1 review
19 helpful votes
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They will trick you into signing up for a $15 a month subscription with any single game you try to purchase. Had to call and e-mail to get my money back, and customer service was very rude over e-mail. Stay away and buy your games elsewhere.

Date of experience: May 23, 2018

Overview

Gamefools has a rating of 1.5 stars from 58 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Gamefools ranks 124th among Gaming PC sites.

service
9
value
12
shipping
4
returns
6
quality
11
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