Game is partially authentic. It is a transfer of knowledge from artists to beginners that helps beginners to master the art. Game can be summarized as content+delivery.

Women can sense inauthenticity. So why should game work for men that have no abundance to begin with? In my opinion, you need a willingness to work hard, intelligence, persistence, memory, and emotional stability just to learn the skills of game. To go out and apply game, you need in addition a good amount of courage. All these qualities are attractive in the eyes of women. So if game works, it's because it conveys these qualities that are valuable even when you learned some ready-to-use routines that you made your own, having worked their delivery out.