A Bunch Of Steam Achievements May Have Leaked For Games Like Persona 6, Kingdom Hearts 4, And More

A massive security oversight on Valve’s backend has seemingly exposed achievement lists for a wide array of highly anticipated, unreleased, and recently announced video games. Consequently, the internet is now rife with potential major plot leaks and spoilers for titles such as Persona 6, a rumored Persona 4 remake, Kingdom Hearts IV, Gears of War: E-Day, Silent Hill: Townfall, and numerous others.

While we will not be sharing any specific narrative details or spoilers found within these leaked lists, gamers should exercise extreme caution online. The origin of the leak points to a backend glitch on Steam, which inadvertently made unreleased and private achievement data accessible via public APIs.

The anomaly first came to light through tracking data on Exophase, a platform that automatically indexes public Steam achievements. Speaking on ResetEra, site owner x3sphere shed light on the technical mishap: "It seems like a possible screw-up on Valve’s end. A bunch of games with achievements that should remain private are currently accessible through the API, which is why they got automatically scanned into our system." He added that unusually formatted entries—often displaying just a generic AppID instead of a title—began flooding the system.

Although the technical explanation seems plausible, the sudden appearance of achievement data for long-term projects like Persona 6 and Kingdom Hearts IV has prompted some skepticism regarding the authenticity of certain listings. Given that these titles are likely still a considerable distance from launch, uploading achievement data to Steam’s servers this early is unusual, though not entirely out of the question.

Regardless of whether every single leaked list is final or merely comprised of early placeholders, the risk of encountering major narrative spoilers is exceptionally high. If you are eager to experience these upcoming releases completely blind, we strongly advise navigating social media, gaming forums, and video platforms with heightened caution over the coming days.

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