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How did 2D co-op roguelike ARPG Heroes Of Hammerwatch II sell >300,000 copies on Steam in just 6 weeks or so? The latest free GameDiscoverCo newsletter looks in-depth at that question, with lots of real data: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-heroes...

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The latest trending unreleased Steam games, March 3th-10th? We've got that here: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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Our latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter (free news section, $ for Steam analysis) looks at the two big Steam debuts of the week - Split Fiction (big in China like its predecessor!) & Two Point Museum (which improved on Two Point Campus' CCU numbers at launch.) newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/split-fict...

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GameDiscoverCo took a look at Steam Next Fest in our latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/which-game... Highlights: - Mecha Break was the breakout of the Fest, but mainly in Asia - Existing IP filled out a chunk, but not all of the Top 10 - Co-op adventure crafters were a lot of the rest!

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The top-grossing new games on Steam in February 2025? They're here, with some extra commentary: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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The latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter (free links, paid analysis) looks at Monster Hunter Wilds' optimization issues: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/monster-hu... (There's also info on the GDC 2025 meetup for GameDiscoverCo Plus/Pro subscribers in there!)

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How did offroading sim Over The Hill scale to 200k Steam wishlists in just a month after launch? (Pretty darn good for today's market!) The latest free GameDiscoverCo newsletter looks at it in depth: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-over-t...

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As we approach Steam Next Fest week, here's this week's trending unreleased Steam games - with quite a few early NF demos helping titles surge in interest: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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Our latest GameDiscoverCo free (links!) & paid (Steam analysis) newsletter looks at the big releases of the week: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/avowed-pir... (Interesting that Pirate Yakuza sneaked by Avowed in max Steam CCU, huh?)

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So sure, we all saw the 'top games of 2024 on Steam' data. (Great numbers!) But how about a 'normal' game that released last year? GameDiscoverCo shows you how 'regular' games perform in its latest free newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/the-shape-...

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Trending unreleased Steam games for the week ending Feb. 17th are led by a couple of obvious titles, but followed by a number of PC SKUs of games also featured in PlayStation's State Of Play showcase: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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How do you find the 'blue ocean' in the PC/console game space? And what even is that? Some thoughts in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/finding-th...

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In the latest free GameDiscoverCo newsletter, we look at Rogue Duck Interactive's 'inexpensive, accessible strategy game' approach, and ask if this more agile approach might be the future for (some!) indie game publishing: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/is-this-th...

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Back to Mondays for GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, looking at Feb 3rd-10th. And look, 3 of the top 4 titles have 'S' as their first letter - must be a trend! www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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Our latest free (links!) and $ (analysis) GameDiscoverCo newsletter looks at the big Steam releases of the week, topped, of course, by Kingdom Come: Deliverance II: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/kingdom-co...

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Time for GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, Jan 29th-Feb 5th*, and we're spotting new titles besides the obvious (Monster Hunter, Civ). More info: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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What refund percentage should you expect for your game on Steam? GameDiscoverCo's latest free newsletter surveyed almost 150 devs to get the results: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steam-refu...

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What were the top new games on Steam in Jan. 2025 by revenue? Pic below, analysis over here: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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The latest game discovery news (free) and Steam debut analysis ($) are in our latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/spider-man... (It also includes this 1987 graph - via the Video Game History Foundation's new archive - gamehistory.org/vghf-library... tho. Atari deth, NES rebirth!)

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GameDiscoverCo's latest newsletter looks at how Dungeon Clawler sold >200k copies across Steam and mobile in just 2 months: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-dungeo...

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GameDiscoverCo's 'trending' unreleased Steam game countdown for this week is headed by Doom: The Dark Ages, with Endless Legend 2 and Over The Hill as new entries. More analysis on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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Friday's GameDiscoverCo newsletter (free links, $ analysis) takes a look at the success of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth on Steam, which debuted this week as the highest-CCU Square Enix Steam game to date, except FFXIV and the recent Dragon Quest III remake: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/final-fant...

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Our latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter looks at which months are busiest for Steam games (both from 'Hype' and performance!) to ask - is there a perfect time to release your game? newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/is-there-a...

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Praise for Every Game I've Finished 14>24 from @gamediscoverco.bsky.social's Simon Carless! BUY NOW: ‪ US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJPFPVFT CA: www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DJPFPVFT UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJPFPVFT epub/PDF: ko-fi.com/mathewkumar/...

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Here's GameDiscoverCo's latest trending Steam follower ranking for the hottest unreleased games, Jan. 13th-20th. More info & analysis on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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Here's GameDiscoverCo's latest trending Steam follower ranking for the hottest unreleased games, Jan. 13th-20th. More info & analysis on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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So how about that Switch 2, huh? The latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter - newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/a-switch-2... - also with lots of links (free) and Steam analysis for the week ($), makes some higher-level comments on its market position & discoverability.

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What were the top-ranked PlayStation and Xbox games in 2024 by a) cumulative DAUs (daily active users!) b) average daily DAUs? @GameDiscoverCo has details and analysis: newsletter.gamediscover.co/i/154773858/...

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Our latest free GameDiscoverCo newsletter looks at Songs Of Conquest and the inspirations the game took to hit 500k units sold on Steam: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-songs-... (Spoilers: finding an under-served niche and making a game in it is a really good idea. But how do you find the niche?)

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Trending unreleased Steam games in the last week? From Civ VII and the Kingdom Come: Deliverance sequel to, uh, The Sledding Game, GDCo got 'em! Analysis here: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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What are the top upcoming Q1 2025 releases on Steam - and are they going to be hits? Details in the latest GameDiscoverCo (free links, $ analysis) newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-are-t...

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How did unreleased 'electric #vanlife' PC survival crafter Outbound make it to >600k wishlists already, after less than a year on Steam? The latest GameDiscoverCo free newsletter looks into it, with help from co-creator Tobias Schnackenberg: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-outbou...

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Our latest GameDiscoverCo (free links, $ main story) newsletter looks at the top-grossing Steam games of 2024 in detail: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steams-top...

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Here's GameDiscoverCo's latest trending Steam follower ranking for the hottest unreleased games, Dec 17th-24th. More info & analysis on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

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For our final 2024 newsletter, GameDiscoverCo looks at the top new PC and console games of 2024 YTD. Data and analysis over here: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/revealed-t...

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Check out our next wave of leaders for #DICE2025! Join them and your games industry peers for high level discussions: www.dicesummit.org/dice_speaker... @zhomit.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social @takethisorg.bsky.social @therianamp.bsky.social @fireshinegames.bsky.social @gamediscoverco.bsky.social

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Our latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter (free links, $ story) looks at Fast Food Simulator getting 40% of the CCU of the new Indiana Jones game on Steam, at - we wildly speculate - 0.25% of the game budget. What does it all means? Blatherings inside: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-indian...

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How did upcoming medieval physics sim Half Sword slash its way to ~600k Steam wishlists already? We go behind the scenes in the latest free GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-half-s...

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Here's GameDiscoverCo's latest trending Steam follower ranking for the hottest unreleased games, Dec 2nd - Dec 9th. (More info & analysis on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc... .)

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Which Steam games with more than 100k owners have the greatest percentage of players in the UK, Germany, and France? Much 'hilarious' cultural stereotyping in the latest GameDiscoverCo (links free, main story $) newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/pc-games-t...

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Our latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter looks at Steam 'launch wishlists to Week 1 sales' numbers from Aug-Oct 2024 - and the results are pretty underwhelming for the median game. More data and analysis within: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/revealed-n...

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Here's GameDiscoverCo's latest trending Steam follower ranking for the hottest unreleased games, Nov. 25th - Dec 2nd. (More info & analysis on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc... .)

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Wolfire & Dark Catt's antitrust suit against Steam is now a 'class action', with 'Steam devs who got paid since 2017' now part of the eligible group suing over 'forced content & price parity': storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (Doesn't mean the lawsuit succeeded, but an important milestone.)

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Here's GameDiscoverCo's latest trending Steam follower ranking for the hottest unreleased games, Nov. 18th-25th. (More analysis on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...)

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What’s been fascinating to us is the player positivity around STALKER 2, despite mixed critical reactions, due to gameplay bugs and tech issues at launch. Analysis with data ($) and game discovery news (free) over here: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-stalke...

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How did Sulfur sell a handy 50k units on Steam in just two weeks? And what were the other indie game hits of H2 2024? GameDiscoverCo looks at it: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-sulfur...

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Here's GameDiscoverCo's latest trending Steam follower ranking for the hottest unreleased games, Nov. 11th-18th. (More analysis on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...)

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A look at all the concepts I explored for GameDiscoverCo, all the way up to the final brand. So cool to see @gamediscoverco.bsky.social become the source for games industry analysis and insights, and get namedropped on my favourite podcasts 😁 #logodesign #gamesindustry #branding

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The latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter looks at the rise of (Vampire) Survivor-likes ($), after a whole bunch of useful biz news (free to y'all): newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/charting-t...

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Powered by intense interest from China (& the rest of Asia), this week's Steam release of the Dragon Quest III HD/2D remake is - surprisingly - the #2 lifetime game for Square Enix by peak Steam CCU (concurrents), only behind Final Fantasy XIV.

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