GAME DEVS: what's the silliest, weirdest, or most eye-opening Steam refund comment you've ever received? (Here's one to start you off, from Hypnospace Outlaw.)
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GameDiscoverCo is an agency that asks & answers: how do players find, buy & enjoy your video game? Our acclaimed newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co
Joined September 2020
- Here's @gamediscoverco's estimates of Palworld owners on Steam by country, from our latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-palworl…
- Delighted to announce that longtime Steam-watcher Al (@Morwull) is joining @GameDiscoverCo as a Data & Ops Co-ordinator. He'll be helping us classify Steam data, work with clients, and launch some new projects we'll be announcing soon. *applause*
- How much discovery in the mobile space is paid? Embracer's latest financials show that 57% ($53 million) of the company's mobile game net sales ($94 million) in Oct-Dec 2021 was spent on paying to get new players in.
- Some great new research on estimating Steam sales via review numbers: vginsights.com/insights/artic…
- Looks like Steam recently added 'EARLY ACCESS RELEASE DATE' as a public data point for all games that launch out of Early Access. (Handy for knowing how long a game was in EA!)
- Here's what GameDiscoverCo thinks the top traits of the most 'discoverable' games are in 2022: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-traits-…
- How did The Riftbreaker get almost 250k wishlists (so far!) on Steam before release? Here's a detailed look (with lots of behind-the-scenes data from @EXORStudios): gamediscoverability.substack.com/p/how-to-get-n…
- ANNOUNCE: we've launched the GameDiscoverCo Plus paid newsletter tier (access to new Steam Hype charts & back end, exclusive newsletters, Discord, etc!) Full details: gamediscoverability.substack.com/p/gamediscover…
- OK, which joker tagged Monopoly Plus as 'Psychological Horror' on Steam, so it shows up in the Horror subpage of the Winter Sale? 🤣 store.steampowered.com/sale/winter202…
- ICYMI: why @PineStudioLLC’s Escape Simulator has become a palpable hit on Steam: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/the-surprisi…
- What should you know about Steam & China? Our latest (free) newsletter delves into some reasons for devs to keep a careful eye on the government regulation situation there: gamediscoverability.substack.com/p/we-need-to-t…
- ICYMI, in our latest newsletter: "We no longer hear indie game devs - or even decent-sized publishers - say they’re excited about their console game unit sales":
