Every caller in Scam With Your Friends is generated in real time. That is the feature the entire game hangs on, and it is disclosed on the store page rather than hidden in a terms file: the listing states that the game connects to the third-party service OpenRouter for AI content generation.
What Steam discloses, exactly
The disclosure sits in the store listing's AI disclosure block, next to the accessibility information, and reads: "Connects to 3rd-Party Service for AI Content Generation: OpenRouter". Two things follow from it that players should actually care about:
- Your calls leave the game. The conversations you have are processed by an external service, not entirely on your own machine or on the developer's servers alone. That is what the disclosure means in practice.
- It requires an internet connection. The minimum specs list broadband as a requirement, and the playtest terms repeat it. This is not a game you can play offline, because the callers do not exist without the service. The system requirements page lists the rest.
What the AI does in the game
The store listing describes "hilarious real-time AI conversations" as a headline feature. In practice, from official copy and confirmed playtest footage: each caller is a character with a name, a face and a mood, the conversation is improvised live, and your performance on the call moves a trust meter. When a caller trusts you enough, you move to the second half of the loop: remote access to their computer. The how to play page walks the full loop.
How AI usage is metered
This is where the playtest and the full game differ, and it is also where the most common misunderstanding about this game lives:
- During the playtest, AI usage is limited, and the developer sells an optional $8 Unlimited AI add-on on their own site. One purchase covers the whole lobby, and the terms state it includes no game key and no playtest access.
- In the full game, unlimited AI is included. The add-on's own terms say: "You will not need this purchase for the full release. The full game has unlimited AI anyway."
So the $8 is a playtest-period convenience, not the game and not a subscription. The price page covers the full mix-up.
What is not disclosed
- Which models run behind OpenRouter. OpenRouter is a routing service for many AI models, and neither the developer nor the store page names the ones used.
- What data is retained, and for how long. The disclosure states the connection exists; it does not describe retention. The support contact for those questions is the publisher's, listed on the store page.
- Any rate limits at Early Access launch. "Unlimited" is the stated rule for the full game; how that behaves under load is what the playtest is for.