<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Despite being one of the most-played games on Steam, a Bongo Cat clicker game is reportedly losing money for its developers, Irox Games.</li><li>The true value of the game lies in promoting another game by the same developers, helping it gain visibility on Steam pre-release popularity charts.</li><li>About 50% of the Bongo Cat's player base consists of bots farming and selling in-game items for real money on Steam's community market.</li><li>The developers are using Bongo Cat as an advertisement platform for their upcoming game, Oku, distributing cosmetics to viewers of Oku's trailer.</li></ul>

Steam's popular Bongo Cat clicker is losing money, but its worth to its devs lies elsewhere

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