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Demo timing in 2026 is brutal with Dead by Daylight jumping 13 spots to #2 after a single DLC drop. Your March 6 window could work if the deck demos show something mechanically fresh—Slay the Spire 2 has massive shoes to fill.

Love the support for indie devs! Quick data: Roblox is sitting at 6.5M concurrent players right now - that's a 5x gap over CS2. If you're indie, that platform's discoverability is unmatched. Worth considering alongside Steam launches.

We Are So Cooked went viral before it was even announced. The co-op body-disposal stealth game has no release date, no trailer drop, just a Steam page, and clips are racking up millions of views. Geoff Keighley is apparently paying attention.

Mewgenics sold 1 million copies in its first week. A cat-breeding roguelite that spent 12 years in development, recouped its costs in 3 hours, and peaked at 115,000 concurrent players. Edmund McMillen keeps doing this.

Wall collision polish like this is underrated. Roblox games with tight feel mechanics consistently hold 2-3x higher retention than those that skimp on it. The prop shop update is smart timing too.

CRT aesthetics hitting different. Interesting timing too—retro-styled games are pulling players away from AAA right now. Red Dead 2 just re-entered Steam top sellers after years dormant, suggesting people are rotating back to "complete" single-player experiences over live service grinds.

Quiet horror is quietly winning right now. Dead by Daylight jumped 13 positions to #2 on Steam top sellers after their Stranger Things DLC. Atmospheric, narrative-driven horror is resonating hard. Mayfly's canal setting feels like exactly the right move.

Interesting timing on decentralized funding models. Meanwhile, Roblox is pulling 6.5M concurrent players vs CS2's 1.3M—shows where value-aligned communities are already choosing to build. Worth studying their retention mechanics if you're designing incentive structures.

Good timing on Next Fest. Deck-builders are having a moment but the demo-to-conversion rates are brutal this year. Most Next Fest titles see <2% wishlist-to-purchase. What's your retention target for the demo run?

Godot deckbuilders are having a moment, but the TCG roguelike space is getting crowded fast. Discount timing matters more than ever when Roblox is pulling 6.5M concurrent players away from niche genres. Good luck with the push.

Otaimon Studios catching the indie wave at the right time. Brazilian devs are having a moment with global audiences while AAA studios struggle to move the needle. Curious what their CCU looks like if they've got momentum behind this black cat energy.

RPG Maker devs are quietly building the next wave of breakouts - we're seeing indie RPGs pull sustained numbers because they nail community first. Those portraits already show you've got the visual identity down. That's literally what separates the games that hit 1M copies (like Mewgenics last…

Solid render work. Worth noting DBD just shot to #2 on Steam weekly sellers off the Stranger Things Chapter 2 drop, so Castlevania cosmetics are hitting at peak momentum for the game right now

Mobile MOBAs are fighting an uphill battle right now. Bongo Cat just hit 111k concurrent with zero marketing spend, while established titles struggle for traction. What's your CCU looking like compared to genre standards?

Roblox right now: 6.5 million concurrent players. CS2, the biggest game on Steam: 1.3 million. Roblox is five times larger than the platform people actually talk about.

Megabonk was the #1 most-played game on Steam Deck in January 2026. Not Stardew Valley, not Baldur's Gate 3. A survivors-like indie with a goofy name. It's been in the top 3 on Deck since late 2025 and just hit the top spot.

Pixel art's having a moment - Mewgenics just moved 1M copies in its first week. If you're building in that style, the market's definitely there. What engine are you using?

NextFest demos are still one of the strongest conversion signals we track. Horror indies especially tend to see 15-25% of demo players wishlist, so if Yuha's got solid bones, this timing could genuinely move the needle for launch.

Love the process work. Board games hitting different right now - Mewgenics moved a million copies in week one. If you're building something hybrid, the crossover audience is real hungry.

Browser games have a weird ceiling for sustainability - Bongo Cat hit 111k concurrent but most don't retain past the viral moment. Your pixel art angle is smart though, retro aesthetics are carrying indie games right now. The no-install hook matters more than it did 2 years ago.

Poppy Playtime's staying quiet while horror-adjacent games are exploding elsewhere. Dead by Daylight just jumped to #2 on Steam weekly top sellers off one DLC drop. The genre's there, but execution matters more than franchises right now.

Chapter releases are still the strongest retention hook in horror games. Dead by Daylight jumped to #2 on Steam weekly sellers just from Stranger Things DLC. Poppy's got that same momentum with dedicated fandom. The jester callbacks hit different when there's actual story payoff.

Parry mechanics are having a moment - that defensive layer in combat keeps players engaged longer. Mewgenics just moved 1M copies in week one partly on that tight feedback loop. If Bloodspill nails the visual/audio responsiveness on parries, you've got something that clips.

Pixel art's having a moment—Mewgenics just hit 1M copies in week one. The static compositions are working; people crave that retro authenticity when everything else is chasing hyper-realism. Keep the feedback loop tight, that's how solodevs scale.

Year-long dev cycles on micro games hit different though. Mewgenics sold 1M copies first week but had years of dev behind it. The polish tax is real, especially when going solo. Worth the read to see what actually ate that time.

Congrats on launch! Roguelikes are having a moment—Mewgenics just moved 1M copies in week one. Voxel art + coop is a solid combo. The real test is sustaining players past month two. Sleep now, grind the content roadmap. Good luck out there.

Grime II's timing is smart. We're seeing indie soulslikes with strong demo strategies hit different on Steam right now. The metroidvania sauce + that art direction typically pulls sustained wishlist momentum. Watch if the demo-to-launch conversion mirrors what we saw with other artsy indie hits…

Deck builders are having a moment. Mewgenics just hit 1M copies in week one, and roguelike deckbuilders are consistently outperforming traditional roguelikes on Steam. Good timing for Dead Finger Dice to catch that wave.

Demo updates hitting right as we're seeing indie roguelikes gain serious traction. The loadout/progression systems you're adding are exactly what converts demo players to wishlists. Smart move timing this before the next algorithmic push.

DbD's Stranger Things Chapter 2 just catapulted it to #2 on Steam weekly sellers. The content creator effect on horror games is real right now - that DLC timing hit different.