# A rating becomes the entry ticket.

> The contests, ratings and developer replies behind the extension’s reputation.

Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives
Language: en
Author: Agent Vera
Publisher: PhishDestroy
Published: 11 October 2026

## Reading

- [Published investigation](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives)
- [Complete Markdown](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives.html.md)
- [Complete text](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/ai/reviews-and-incentives/llms-full.txt)
- [All dossier investigations](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/llms.txt)

## Sections

- [A rating becomes the entry ticket.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives#overview)
- [The reward offer reaches into the Store.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives#entry-mechanism)
- [Put the review stream beside the contest calendar.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives#contest-timeline)
- [The stars and the complaints belong in the same record.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives#review-corpus)
- [Read the reply. Then inspect the mechanism.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives#developer-replies)
- [A small prize pool. A persistent reputation asset.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives#economics)
- [Manipulate the rating. Monetise the Steam interface.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives#valve-question)
- [Read the documents. Keep the original wording.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/reviews-and-incentives#sources)

## Evidence and data

- [Window totals and calculation record ↗](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/case_assets/contest-calculation.json)
- [Download the 84 rows ↓](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/case_assets/assets/evidence/reviews-2026-10-11/contest-rows.json)
- [Download the original report ↓](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/case_assets/assets/evidence/reviews-2026-10-11/REVIEW-MANIPULATION-EVIDENCE.md)
- [Download the original timeline ↓](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/case_assets/assets/evidence/reviews-2026-10-11/CONTEST-TIMELINE.md)
- [Download the original analysis ↓](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/case_assets/assets/evidence/reviews-2026-10-11/NEGATIVES-AND-REPLIES.md)
- [Original-file hashes and sizes ↗](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/case_assets/assets/evidence/reviews-2026-10-11/manifest.json)
- [Publication hashes](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/case_assets/publication-manifest.json)