Here's the latest 6,000 Playstation games mapped onto a shiny sphere for no reason except to see if it's technically possible to cram all the data together: playstation.ollanders.com/experiments/...

Console storefronts list a handful of genres, and Steam has about 450 tags—but I think interesting things start to happen when we expand that to about 5,000. For instance, there's currently no way to filter for GAMES WHERE NOTHING IS TRYING TO MURDER YOU...

Feedback requested! 👇 This is Cozy Nook; a place for getting cozy game recommendations and seeing what's just released, alongside viewing cozy content, news, creators... it's pretty crammed with cozy! You can see it here -> www.figma.com/proto/5PEwjJ... So, cozy folk, what do you think?

Today's fun: the Steam Revenue Report: weloveit.io/developers/s... This is a snapshot of estimated earnings for games on Steam (using the Boxleiter Method), alongside different ways to slice the data. How concentrated are sales/reviews? What does a typical game earn at a given percentile? Etc.!

The Steam Revenue Report — We Love It

Estimated earnings for every game on Steam. Constantly updated, free, and every number is clickable.

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The current biggest use of disclosed AI on Steam is 2D images (12% of all releases, 63% of all AI disclosures) among titles released since Jan '24 (when disclosure started). Code remains listed on a number of games, despite Valve dropping the requirement. More data: weloveit.io/developers/a...

We have an announcement! He Who Watches by @danga.games will launch on September 2nd! 👁️🏹 A first-person puzzle game about walking on walls, manipulating gravity, and discovering secrets! store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...

I was proud to contribute my engineering puzzle game Pictassembler to this bundle. Please support the bundle!

Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 3w ago

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

I'm happy to announce that @misfitsattic.bsky.social has been funded to make Duskers 2.0, a Duskers sequel, thanks to Max McGuire's project fund Stray Signal coming out of EGG's Demo Day.

How do Steam genres rise, fall and mutate? @ichiro.bsky.social, Matt & Dr Tim dig into Game DNA Project’s Tag Cascade report: we lookin to the lifespans of genres, the Steam Greenlight effect and why AI tools may be fueling shopkeeper sims. Watch -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYuP...

Discovery Deep Dive #5 - Which Steam tags have stood the test of time?

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Here are the latest JRPGs to break through to 100 reviews on Steam! #1 Ova Magica - weloveit.io/game/129... #2 STARDUST: Wish of Witch - weloveit.io/game/393... #3 Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered - weloveit.io/game/426...

Pulling numbers from Steam API, 7.4% of all RELEASED games have AI disclosures, but 14.1% of all UNRELEASED games do. (Per game discovery work on WeLoveIt.io.) #steam #steamgames #genai #aigames

Working on a MEGA SEARCH for Steam devs. There are a few ways to search we can offer that's not currently possible on Steam, including # of supported players! #steam #steamgames #indiedev #gamedev

A few folks asked for the numbers for games released AFTER Valve added its AI disclosure policy. Here is that.

Ichiro Lambe@ichiro.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Pulling numbers from Steam API, 7.4% of all RELEASED games have AI disclosures, but 14.1% of all UNRELEASED games do. (Per game discovery work on WeLoveIt.io.) #steam #steamgames #genai #aigames

Pulling numbers from Steam API, 7.4% of all RELEASED games have AI disclosures, but 14.1% of all UNRELEASED games do. (Per game discovery work on WeLoveIt.io.) #steam #steamgames #genai #aigames

WeLoveIt is lucky to have a bunch of talented dev friends who’ve whipped up some awesome demos for #nextfest - check em’ out below! #steamgames #steam

We're live! Proud to work on something that celebrates all the cool stuff in #NextFest. #steam #streamgames #steamnextfest #indiegames

WeLoveIt.io@weloveit-io.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Next Fest is awesome, but HUUUGE and gone too quickly! The Next Festival Explorer is live at: weloveit.io/next-fes... Let it to do the hard work of finding you the best, possibly hidden, demos to play! #steam #nextfest #demo #steamgames

Statistic: There are 195 demos in the upcoming #SteamNextFest that contain adult content. Hentai, general porn, nude desktop companions, naked fruit, and so forth. #steam #nextfest #hentai #porn #fruit

There will be over 4,800 demos in this month's Next Fest, making it the largest Next Fest of all Next Fests.

Next Fest devs: if you're interested in some free promo, or want to sponsor a spot, check this out: weloveit.io/developers/n... #steam #steamgames #indiegames #nextfest

Teasing this for next week! #steam #steamgames #nextfest #indiegames

Arcane Eats, the World's most delicious #roguelike #deckbuilder, has a new expanded demo with a GIANT update; and it’s in Steam Next Fest! store.steampowered.com/app/2640090/... We’d be delighted for you to sample what we’ve been busy cooking! But maybe Gorgon Ramsey says it best… #indiegames

I kinda want to parody Steam's "Discovery Queue," and I'm thinking "Discovery Canal" is amusing but too outlandish. Am I getting old in my old age?

FINALLY I can publicly say that Mr Magpie is being published by @bhvr.com, the creators of Dead by Daylight! It's been great working with them. Everyone on the team is bright and talented. We are super lucky to have them in our corner. youtu.be/1gHE0TOoP5g

Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game - Official Publisher Announcement Trailer

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Duskers is getting a sequel! 10 years later 😅 The Steam post has more info, including the new teaser trailer - featuring the voice of Deonte (our producer). You can even wishlist it on Steam if you're into that sorta thing 😉 steamcommunity.com/games/254320...

Steam :: Duskers :: Duskers Is Getting A Sequel!

Incredibly excited to say that, after 10 years, we're finally returning to the desolation of space to revisit the universe of Duskers! For starters check out it's shiny new Steam Page (wishlist it!), ...

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Announcing: Hidden Folks 2 - New themes and areas. - Improved graphical quality. - Second (not text!) clue. - Lots of new mouth sounds. - Various quality-of-life improvements. - Made in #godot. Get an email when it releases: hiddenfolks.com Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4480060

Let's have a race: which Steam tags have been the most popular over time? (Source: WeLoveIt.io) #steam #steamgames #indiegames #gamedev #data

Still a prototype, but per @skydomehive.bsky.social's post about Popular Upcoming focusing on more-popular games, here's a prototype I call "Popular-Enough Upcoming": weloveit.io/experiments/... #steam #steamgames #indiedev #gamedev

Do you have a game in the upcoming #SteamNextFest? I want to hear about it for an interactive thing we're doing at WeLoveIt.io. We shall celebrate #NextFest demos and solve game discovery forever. #steam #indiedev #gamedev

Turn humble villages into a thriving network of trade and prosperity to satisfy the gods. Prophet Margin is a relaxing city-building puzzle where every road, resource, and connection creates new opportunitie! store.steampowered.com/app/3624110/... #PitchYaGame

I'm talking to Matt and Tim here about trends in Steam games. This one's about the number of screenshots on Steam games over time. #steam #steamgames #gamedev #indiedev

WeLoveIt.io@weloveit-io.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Discovery Deep Dive #3 - Steam Games Have Fewer Screenshots Now? This week we chatted with Dr. Tim Ermilov (of vaporlens.app) and unveiled The Game DNA Project - a new data-led collaboration to explore trends across #Steam games! Watch: youtu.be/gYPkECAQe-8