How to Launch Your Game as a Top Seller on Steam: 7 Tips [2021]

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2021
  • Are you planning on launching an indie game? Indie game launches are stressful, we know! As a dev, there are a ton of things you have to worry about as you near launch day. To help you narrow things down and envision a clear path towards launching your game, we are starting a new series about indie game launches.
    For our first episode, we have learnings from the team behind Dark Deity - a brand new Fire Emblem-inspired tactical RPG title released in 2021. The game made quite a buzz during its launch, debuting as one of the top selling titles on Steam, and in this video the devs will share how they’ve achieved that success.
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Комментарии • 60

  • @AskGamedev
    @AskGamedev  2 года назад +1

    Thanks for watching! For more Ask Gamedev, check out: Everything We Know About Steam Tags! ruclips.net/video/Jsc7_XjFZ6U/видео.html

  • @keyzack
    @keyzack 2 года назад +1

    So grateful to have you guys! keep it up!

  • @KamranWali
    @KamranWali 2 года назад +3

    Awesome video! These are some superb helpful tips that will come in handy. Thank you for the tips. :)

    • @AskGamedev
      @AskGamedev  2 года назад +1

      Glad to help on your gamedev journey. Thanks for watching!

  • @cyomo
    @cyomo 2 года назад

    Great video and great tips! Thank you AGD!

  • @Shadows_Inc
    @Shadows_Inc 2 года назад +16

    Keep it up, these perspectives are helpful.

    • @AskGamedev
      @AskGamedev  2 года назад +1

      Thanks! We're enjoying working on this series :)

  • @sherekhangamedev
    @sherekhangamedev 2 года назад +1

    Kudos, keep up the good work guys!

  • @FromFame
    @FromFame 2 года назад

    Wonderful, thank you for making this 👏 you’re helping our game

  • @sarathchandra7607
    @sarathchandra7607 2 года назад +19

    Hey, Make a video totally about publishing a game all by yourself.

  • @brucelee7782
    @brucelee7782 9 месяцев назад

    great video! A mixture of good useful content and ad

  • @smokeback
    @smokeback 2 года назад +3

    nice miss videos from you guys so much content you put out got me into full game dev

    • @sarathchandra7607
      @sarathchandra7607 2 года назад +1

      Hey, I watch your videos

    • @AskGamedev
      @AskGamedev  2 года назад

      That's awesome to hear! Keep us posted about your gamedev journey.

  • @divinus41
    @divinus41 2 года назад

    Very useful tips, thank you :)

  • @SinnStudio
    @SinnStudio 2 года назад

    Great tips! Appreciate it. :)

  • @nuclearbeeberman
    @nuclearbeeberman 2 года назад +1

    fantastic video! thank you :)

  • @charliekeane2520
    @charliekeane2520 Год назад +4

    Video starts at 3:30

  • @kunai9809
    @kunai9809 2 года назад +10

    Interesting. But nothing in this world will make me get tiktok...

    • @Flymerick
      @Flymerick 2 года назад +1

      Here. It's yours.🏆

  • @Gabrielnk95
    @Gabrielnk95 2 года назад +2

    Great channel and great vídeos

  • @Morraak
    @Morraak 2 года назад +2

    I can already tell I'm going to love this series, good info and I was one of the people that pledged for this game on Kickstarter, so I obviously like the choice in company you made for the first entry heh.

    • @AskGamedev
      @AskGamedev  2 года назад

      That's awesome to hear! Kickstarter backers have helped bring so many amazing indie games to life.

  • @Zihenroy
    @Zihenroy 9 месяцев назад +1

    My 10 year long dream has been to release a video game on steam..
    Now im giving my game finishing touches and im proud to announce i have not done a single thing on this list XD
    Just gonna slam it on steam for 1.99 and call myself successful gamedev for my whole life :D
    Hell, maybe i even make it free in future.

  • @xorcist5910
    @xorcist5910 2 года назад +2

    I just love how one follows all this tips and still one fails.

    • @clarisrichter7966
      @clarisrichter7966 Год назад +2

      At the end of the day it still needs to be a good game. I feel like he failed to address the fact that if you're not seeing any interest while marketing it means the game is unmarketable.

  • @SoultrailStudio
    @SoultrailStudio 2 года назад +1

    What a beauty of a game

    • @AskGamedev
      @AskGamedev  2 года назад

      Agreed! The game looks amazing.

  • @AntonioFreyre
    @AntonioFreyre 2 года назад +1

    the PCGamesN voice lmao

  • @philippe6918
    @philippe6918 2 года назад +4

    I am launching my game: Deflection in 3 weeks! Wish me luck :)

    • @AskGamedev
      @AskGamedev  2 года назад +1

      Good luck on your launch! Hope it goes well!

  • @kortaffel
    @kortaffel 2 года назад

    "Dylan TakeYourMom" lol... what a name

  • @moinbaba9747
    @moinbaba9747 2 года назад +1

    Hey I am first!!!

  • @golovkaanna8757
    @golovkaanna8757 2 года назад +2

    Tip 0: most likely it won't happen to you

  • @ThescreamingRooster
    @ThescreamingRooster Год назад

    This does not help me lmao, my game is very unknown and as a solo game dev with a very low following my game would have never gotten that much wishlists lol

  • @sidonstudio
    @sidonstudio 2 года назад

    I am 3rd

  • @dotails
    @dotails 2 года назад +5

    Is this an ad

    • @AskGamedev
      @AskGamedev  2 года назад +1

      Great question! This is not a sponsored video. We're really happy to work with any devs that are willing to share their learnings.

    • @nemesis8508
      @nemesis8508 2 года назад +2

      its more of a win win. The devs get some visibility while also providing valuable information for this channel to share with us

  • @MrMaa2007
    @MrMaa2007 2 года назад +1

    It breaks my heart how many games i consider shitty and not worth a minute gets a huge attention, when my amazing game almost didn't receive any attention, its really strange how other indie developers get so much success on stupid boring games

    • @Sarmachus
      @Sarmachus 2 года назад +2

      I don’t think that is a good attitude to have, but I suppose I understand where you’re coming from.
      You’ve made me curious now. What is your game? Can you share a link?

    • @Sarmachus
      @Sarmachus 2 года назад

      @UC4e9BHBx5czXN2twpz-hlGw I checked it out. It seems decent, but is a niche genre I haven’t played/I’m not attached to. And no matter the genre, I likely wouldn’t buy it because of the price alone due to a perceived lack of quality. This may seem silly, but I think is a known psychological behavior in pricing vs quality.
      If I ever make a game, I think I’ll aim for a price in the range from $18-25 before doing anything else.
      I think videos like this one show just how important marketing and branding are. The game mentioned was based on Fire Emblem after all.
      Anyway, good luck to you in the future,
      I hope you can find your success.

    • @MrMaa2007
      @MrMaa2007 2 года назад

      @@Sarmachus i actually did that when i released the game on android, it was like 15$ or so, i dont remember the exact price, but it did not sell good, so when i released it on steam i lowered the price just to see if it would sell better on a lower price

    • @Sarmachus
      @Sarmachus 2 года назад +2

      @@MrMaa2007 Ah, ok. Never mind then

    • @kj6053
      @kj6053 2 года назад

      Sorry but this sounds like the game dev version of a incel.

  • @14n73x
    @14n73x 2 года назад +3

    So those are essentially just tips how to propagade your mediocre copy-paste-like game to be pseudo-popular, by abusing steam wishlisting? I'm not trageting Dark Deity specifically, but most indie games that would use such tactics are exactly like this, just copy what works for others and apply to your unoriginal game idea.
    Sadly this makes true passion projects that try to be original and innovative to fall short and recieve almost no attention in comparison of games that everybody will forget about in a few months and that gave nothing new into game industry (or how to call it). Can't imagine someone willingly associate their passion project to some cringe like TikTok just to gain attention.

  • @Mohandas.Gandhi
    @Mohandas.Gandhi Год назад +1

    Video starts at 3:27