• steelplatedmech@piefed.ca
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    8 days ago

    Way more than 80 games are being released. It not 2 decades ago anymore where a decent indie title was enough to get you noticed.

    Biggest challenge now isn’t even the 30% cut but just people even knowing your game exists with the massively low barrier to games now. You aren’t just competing against triple a titles, but every other aspiring indie dev hoping to make the next Balatro.

    Its a plus now if your games get pirated, since that means among the thousands of gamss released per month you have a chance to actually have people know your game exists.

    • baines@lemmy.cafe
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      8 days ago

      all the actual good games on steam seem to do fine

      i want anyone saying their game isn’t getting a fair shake on steam to post it

      if it’s actually not trash i’ll buy it