Ross Burton

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🚨 OMG VERSION 5.2 IS HERE! 🚨

New #gamedev market research tools just dropped, including trend maps, new growth stats, and a "Draft your GDD" tool 👉 Checkout Game Oracle for more details (link in the comments)

I'm always fascinated by lesser known #indiegame series on #steam. 3 you should absolutely checkout:
- KUUKIYOMI by G-Mode
- Duck Life by Wix Games
- The 100 HIdden Series by Anatoliy Loginovskikh

Follow along as I build tools over at Game Oracle starting with this: a map of every game on Steam. 🗺️

Hi, I'm Ross, a Data Scientist obsessed with #indiegames and #gamedev 🎮

My mission: bring the best of data science to indie devs so more great games get discovered & more creators succeed. I genuinely believe indies are the future of gaming.

Are you thinking of making a #stormchasing #indiegame ? 🤔 Tell me more in the comments!

OUTBRK on Steam Storm Chasing Simulator

store.steampowered.com/app/1107320/...

Tornado: Research and Rescue on Steam Experience the thrill of becoming a storm chaser in Tornado: Research and Rescue! Capture twisters with a 90's VHS camera, warn towns, customise chases, and get up-close for thrilling photos. Deploy…

store.steampowered.com/app/2250550/...

Storm Chasers on Steam Be one of those intrepid storm chasers in this online multiplayer video game. Your goal is to shoot the best twisters pictures without dying because of powerful winds and flying debris. Feel the…

A few amazing examples to checkout in this space:
store.steampowered.com/app/862800/S...

Discover why storm chasing games are a hidden goldmine for indie developers. With an average saturation score of just 2.8/10 and top titles earning millions of dollars with small teams of developers,… Indie Storm Games are a Goldmine... Here's Why

And we made a whole video about this market segment for #gamedev #indiegame folk:
youtu.be/T2Dv9s-wkJE?...

#stormchasing games are what we would classify as a classic underserved audience:
✅ Only 11 titles on Steam
✅ Avg. title sells ~5000 copies (75x the Steam Avg!)
✅ Passionate audience hungry for more

Trends in #gamedev can be useful but we're also interested in timeless opportunities, the sort of underserved audiences people overlook. One such audience is #stormchasing games 🌪️ 🏃

Here is why 👇

Believe it or not but the #steam marketplace has a "shape" and it can tell us so much about #gamedevelopment

Imagine if #gamedev folk could visualise exactly where supply is not meeting demand in the #gaming market? Market trend analysis like this will be coming to Game Oracle in a matter of weeks 🚀

Language learning games 💬 Many titles incorporate elements of RPGs, adventure, and puzzle-solving to immerse players in their target language. Some notable titles include ‘Wagotabi’, ‘So to Speak’, and ‘You Can Kana’. Have you ever used a game to learn a language? Let us know in the comments

This is a map of every game on Steam. We made it to help #indiegamedev #gamedev #sologamedev folk understand the market. We're going to explore a cluster each day.

What is that cluster? Find out in the comments 👇

Are you a #gamedev creating a city builder? Let us know!

Are you building a city buIt's an undersaturated niche of city builders! 🏙️ Top titles include ‘Town to City’, ‘Dorfromantik’, & ‘ISLANDERS’. According to user reviews , there are opportunities here for unique thematic crossovers & more tools for user-generated content & modding

This is a map of every game on Steam. We made it to help #indiegamedev #gamedev #sologamedev folk understand the market. We're going to explore a cluster each day.

What is that cluster? Find out in the comments 👇

Getting hyped to drop interactive trend analysis in Game Oracle 😍 soooooooooooon 🚀

I think this part of the Steam map looks like an angry dragon. That is all my tired brain can think about right now. Have a great weekend everyone.

Currently working on tools to help #gamedev folk visualise trends across the entire Steam marketplace in a single interactive graph 💪 coming soon to Game Oracle 🚀

These are sim/strategy games about emergency response, particularly firefighting. Top titles include ‘Emergency 4 Deluxe’, ‘Into The Flames’, and ‘911 Operator’. Review scores are below avg for this segment, but the avg. estimated revenue is >$40k showing that players are hungry for these titles.

This is a map of every game on Steam. We made it to help #indiegamedev #gamedev #sologamedev folk understand the market. We're going to explore a cluster each day.

What is that cluster? Find out in the comments 👇

Golf games! 🏌️‍♂️ these games span everything from the absurd WHAT THE GOLF? to the immersive realism of the 2K PGA TOUR games. Interestingly, despite being a saturated market, games in this segment perform better than avg when it comes to sales. Have you made a golf game? Share it in the comments below

This is a map of every game on Steam. We made it to help #indiegamedev #gamedev #sologamedev folk understand the market. We're going to explore a cluster each day.

What is that cluster? Find out in the comments 👇

So yeah, Concept Compass will now take your concept, take the additional context of your competitors and what you like about those games, and draft together a GDD to get you started. Really helps combat the blank page syndrome

This is the best part about building a product we love & one we actually want to use ourselves, we build what we need & then release it to others in the hope it helps them too + we have no bureaucracy to contend with. We just build. Anyone that has worked corporate knows why this feels like heaven.

We've started working on a concept for our first major attempt at a #indiegame. I started drafting it up in Concept Compass on Game Oracle but when I came to make a GDD I realised we hadn't thought that far ahead with the tool 🫠 sooooo...we built it 😁

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