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This is why I follow reviewers and curators that sift through the bottom 99% to find interesting indie stuff. It's absolutely jaw-dropping what never shows up on Steam's store landing page or queues.
Splattercat is one such reviewer. He tends to prefer dystopia and post-apocalypse style stuff, and clearly works hard to bring interesting titles some more exposure: https://www.youtube.com/@splattercatgaming
Thats why steam is filled with indie games, because they dont make a dime and enjoy it.
The lower the barrier to entry, the longer the tail.
Gamedev is a pipe dream folks, meant to create steady labor force for publishers to squeeze work from for profit because they fire you after your game gets released, even if it does well.
By the way, Valve can do more here. This is something they can choose to invest more in. People don't have to be satisfied with the effort Valve has made so far and can instead choose to expect more.
Indie games pump Valve's stock, popular or not---they should get some profit sharing even if they don't sell IMO but that's just me. Like a community dividend. Unfortunately, not too many people demand more from Valve.
I don't get it. Why leave out Adult Only titles? Why don't they count?
Given the way they estimate sales numbers, it's probably too different a curve. I imagine there's both a lot of bottom of the barrel adult games that still manage to get some sales off (as opposed to none for most non-adult games) and there's a lower sales ceiling that still results in surprisingly strong revenue compared to a game with similar reviews.
I bet if you removed the top 100 games from this it would look a lot more fair. Just looking at this chart there are a ton of games making 10k+
Surely coconut simulator makes up 80% of all revenue. It's amazing
Income inequality! We need to do something!
Deponia on the chart showing 470,000,000 licenses and $30 total revenue
Deponia is like the AOL disks of games. They give it out for free constantly
Been a long day, thanks for giving an internet stranger a chance to let out a sharp exhale through my nose and a sensible chuckle.
whales prop up the whole industry
Try to say anything bad about the all-father and you will be flooded in downvotes …