No specific threat detected
Legitimate itch.io developer profile for Dead Realm with clean security scans and no scam reports.
Is 3blackdot-games.itch.io legit or a scam?
Legitimate itch.io developer profile for Dead Realm with clean security scans and no scam reports.
This is a legitimate developer profile page on the itch.io platform for the game Dead Realm. No malicious indicators were detected across 92 antivirus engines or browser blocklists. Users downloading content should still verify file sources as with any game platform.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
No scam visual patterns detected
The screenshot shows a standard, functional developer profile page hosted on the legitimate itch.io platform.
What our vision model saw
2 signalsPage displays a developer profile page on the itch.io platform
Content appears to be a legitimate listing for a game titled Dead Realm
Intelligence
The page is hosted on itch.io, a well-known legitimate game distribution platform, and displays a standard developer profile for the game Dead Realm. Zero of 92 antivirus engines flagged the URL, browser blocklists returned clean, and the hosting IP shows no abuse history. The evidence package confirms 3BLACKDOT was a real company founded in 2013 that published this game, though the game itself faced controversy over undisclosed influencer payments in 2015-2016. The itch.io page now serves as an archive after official servers shut down in 2020. No scam reports, complaints, or malicious patterns were found in the evidence package.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for 3blackdot-games.itch.io, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- The domain '3blackdot-games.itch.io' is a legitimate project page on the itch.io platform hosting the game 'Dead Realm'.
- 3BLACKDOT was a real media and marketing agency founded in 2013, known for influencer-driven content and the game 'Dead Realm'.
- The game 'Dead Realm' faced significant controversy in 2015-2016 regarding undisclosed financial ties between the game's publisher (3BLACKDOT) and the YouTubers who promoted it.
- Official servers for 'Dead Realm' were shut down in August 2020 due to bugs and declining player interest; the itch.io page serves as a repository for the game.
- While itch.io is a legitimate platform, users should exercise caution with any downloadable content, as the platform has been targeted by 'try my game' social engineering scams where attackers impersonate developers to distribute malware.
3BLACKDOT was a Los Angeles-based influencer marketing and production company founded in 2013, later acquired by Webedia in 2017.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for 3blackdot-games.itch.io and didn't find scam reports or complaints. The evidence package confirms this is a legitimate archived game page from a real company, with the only notable history being marketing controversy from 2015-2016 rather than malware or fraud.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://3blackdot-games.itch.io/
- 2200https://3blackdot-games.itch.io/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on 3blackdot-games.itch.io and not a lookalike like 3-blackdot-games.itch.io.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
Final Verdict
This is a legitimate developer profile page on the itch.io platform for the game Dead Realm. No malicious indicators were detected across 92 antivirus engines or browser blocklists. Users downloading content should still verify file sources as with any game platform.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on 3blackdot-games.itch.io, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
- 3blackdot-games.itch.io passed our automated checks with a trust score of 94/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
- Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from 3blackdot-games.itch.io), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from 3blackdot-games.itch.io is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
- No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report 3blackdot-games.itch.io as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
- No — 3blackdot-games.itch.io is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- Yes — 3blackdot-games.itch.io presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 57 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
- 3blackdot-games.itch.io resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 25, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about 3blackdot-games.itch.io has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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