How seriously should we take Steam Deck, and what games do best on it? GameDiscoverCo looked at Steam's own data on the games that are majority-played on Deck, and a bunch of nice (attached!) graphs ensued: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steam-deck...

Is it still worth attending IRL game events in 2025, if you want to promote your game (or discover games as a player)? Simon Carless of @gamediscoverco.bsky.social reasons it out in his latest column. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... [PAYWALLED]

Here's a collab with Stream Hatchet, as the streaming tracker firm (which looks at live-streams from all non-China sources, led by Twitch) used access to GameDiscoverCo’s Pro API to grab historical wishlist balance estimates for recent Steam hits: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-does-s...

5 things you didn't know about Hollow Knight: Silksong: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/5-things-y...

Our latest newsletter looks at why catalog revenue matters, analyzing the success of the Supraland & Supraworld series (>500k units sold on Steam LTD): newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/from-supra...

What were the top new releases on Steam & console in August 2025? (And the top continuing ones on Steam?) A bumper data dump from GameDiscoverCo is attached: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-were-...

Why don't we cover mobile game discovery at GameDiscoverCo? Some thoughts in the latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/we-dont-co...

Which unreleased games made the biggest splash at Gamescom? GameDiscoverCo took a look at the 100+ games showcased in streaming showcases around the event, and found the Steam wishlist trends: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/which-game...

We got asked by @aftermath.site about whether devs should move their release date because of Silksong: aftermath.site/silksong-ind... (Spoiler: in general, no.)

If you're a game developer (or just a keen spectator), you'd probably like some predictability in knowing how a game will perform when it releases. Is it worth obsessing over wishlist numbers? Simon from @gamediscoverco.bsky.social takes a look: thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... (PAYWALLED)

So sure, Steam wishlists matter. But does 'proven' playability matter more? We look at risk profiles in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steam-wish...

Why was RimWorld's latest expansion its biggest so far? We speak to its dev for the latest GDCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-rimwor...

We're back, with GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, from August 4th to 11th: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

Which new games did the best on Steam (& PS/Xbox) in July 2025? The latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter tackles just that: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/wuchang-gr...

Since GDCo is on holiday this week, thanks to The Writer Will Do Something and Eliza co-creator @matthewseiji.com for once again providing a special guest post while we’re out, laying out an important new market: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/puglips-th...

Which game genres get the most playtime, on median/average? Lots of lovely Steam data on this in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/which-game...

We're back, with GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, from July 21st to 28th. Top performer by far is EA's Battlefield 6 (#1), which revealed last week: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

Ready Or Not just hit 1 million units sold on console after less than 4 days. Is that... normal? Well, not really - it's an exceptionally good result! And we look at it in the context of PlayStation and Xbox new releases in the latest GDCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/ready-or-n...

Simon Carless from @gamediscoverco.bsky.social is back for another This Week in Videogames column to show me that, because of some odd (Sega?) tagging, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is weirdly one of the highest-grossing NSFW games on Steam?? thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... (paywall)

Great news for Steam devs: not only is the back-end wishlist logging back after their 'brief' Steam Summer Sale downtime (haha), Valve has taken advantage of the break to make them, wait for it.. realtime! (They update every hour now in the 'today' section of the Steam sales dashboard.)

Is this how you should decide the game you make next? Deconstructing one dev's process in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/is-this-ho...

How did Peak hit - wait for it - 4.5 million copies sold on Steam in less than a month? (That's the new milestone the devs told us today.) Opinions and details on what really worked in the game, alongside a dev interview, available here: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-peak-s...

Who were the top-grossing (and highest-unit) new Steam releases for June 2025? Our latest newsletter explores: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steams-top...

Have you heard about the hit mountaineering game? No, not that one (Peak), the other one - Cairn, a ‘survival-climber’ due out later in 2025 from The Game Bakers, which just hit 500,000 demo downloads (impressive!). Details within: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-cairn-...

Imagine if you could define all Steam games as a single genre/subgenre, and get a better idea of the total addressable market and revenue split? Well, GameDiscoverCo did it (for games with >$1m lifetime sales), and the results are in our latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/which-genr...

Which Discord servers for games are popping off the most in 2025? We take a look in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter, with the help of Stephen "MrGameTheory" Takowsky: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/whos-winni...

PlayStation's recent 'business update' had a bunch of great slides to analyze for game platform nerds, which is what GameDiscoverCo did in our latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/rematch-pe... (Also with info on this week's top Steam debuts for $ subs!)

Which games 'won' June's Steam Next Fest? There's a lot of different lenses (unique players, new wishlists, top CCU and more), but we cover them all in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/who-won-ju...

Which were the biggest announcements of the 'not-E3' period, at least in terms of Steam wishlist or follower interest? GameDiscoverCo's latest newsletter looks at that in SOME detail: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/revealed-t...

How did rhythm brawler Dead As Disco grab >250k Steam wishlists almost out of nowhere over the past 2-3 weeks? More detail in the full newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-dead-a... (As well as a LOT of 'not-E3' news..)

Thanks to the Summer Game Fest team and Geoff Keighley for featuring some of GameDiscoverCo's data at the start of the SGF showcase yesterday! It's awesome to highlight how indies, AAs and bigger titles are co-existing at the top of the Steam charts in 2025... #summergamefest

Our latest newsletter has more details on the top performing Steam games in May 2025. Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

GameDiscoverCo's estimates on May 2025 Steam new game/existing game revenue charts are posted, for those curious to see the top titles for the month: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

In the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter, we talked to Sam De Boeck about Oro Interactive's interesting publishing output to ask - tongue in cheek - should games be 'nasty, brutish & short' to succeed in today's game biz? newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/should-gam...

Why timing your game's demo is important - or maybe that timing should be 'all the time'? Our latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/why-timing...

For the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter, we talked to Forklift about the success of Mind Control's Cash Cleaner Simulator - which sold 100k copies on Steam in just its first week, despite 'only' launching with 42k wishlists: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-cash-c...

ANNOUNCE: we're running an online @itch.io video game jam with the @oaklandballers.bsky.social baseball team (who we're sponsoring this season) to make a little game starring their mascot Scrappy: itch.io/jam/scrappy-... (Prizes include cash, lifetime GameDiscoverCo subscriptions & more!)

Day 1 of the #scrappygamejam! This is a collab between the Oakland Ballers @oaklandballers.bsky.social and Game Discover @gamediscoverco.bsky.social. The first day of a jam I always like to focus on making a minimal playable prototype of the basic gameplay. #gamejam #gamedev #Unity #Unity3d

The breakouts, in terms of Steam debuts this week? Doom: The Dark Ages (you expected that one!) and The Precinct (maybe you didn't? We did!) More detail ($) and lots of game discovery news/links in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/doom-the-d...

What do prospective players think of Switch 2? We looked at @switchweekly.bsky.social's excellent survey in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-do-pr...

ANNOUNCE: we're running an online @itch.io video game jam with the @oaklandballers.bsky.social baseball team (who we're sponsoring this season) to make a little game starring their mascot Scrappy: itch.io/jam/scrappy-... (Prizes include cash, lifetime GameDiscoverCo subscriptions & more!)

The latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter looks at a pair of subgenre-targeting hits - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 & Drive Beyond Horizons: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/clair-obsc...

The biggest change in Switch eShop discovery history just hit. What does it mean? We look at the 'downloads to revenue' change in Switch's top charts and analyze before & after: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/the-bigges...

How did Panik Arcade & Future Friends Games' Cloverpit add 100k Steam wishlists - and demo activations - in one week after its 'reveal' announce? Our latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter goes into depth on it - newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-clover... - but a lot of it is about the game's design!

GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity shows Rematch at #1 again, followed by Subnautica 2 & a host of new entries: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

In today's GameDiscoverCo newsletter - what discovery trends can we learn from Devolver's 2024 financials? A shift to catalog revenue, paid DLC and franchise development, for starters: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-disco...

Discovery algorithms on stores are important - and wouldn't it be good if a console game that got lots of wishlists actually got featured more on the store? That's the subject of today's GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/the-rise-o...

What, a LinkedIn post talking about the trade war? Wait, bear with us - the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter looks at some of the possible 'non-physical goods' ramifications of global trade conflict: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/trade-wars...

Mixing up the 'why did this game do so well?' with 'why not do so well?' analysis, we look at good-looking roguelike deckbuilder Meteorfall: Bramble Royale, which is part of a million-dollar+ grossing franchise, but sold just 700 copies in Week 1 on Steam: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/why-did-th...

Time to poke at GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, looking at April 1st to 7th. More analysis: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...