“Lots and lots of videogames so many videogames”
09.03.2026 12:50
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“Lots and lots of videogames so many videogames”
4/ also both games had *zero* developer posts on their Steam forums this week. the only “developer” activity was Valve moderators closing threads.
here’s the full report: gameplainer.com/blog/lost-in...
Meanwhile Slay the Spire 2 got incredible ratings all around
3/ Slay the Spire 2 has a cleaner number but the “is this a DLC not a sequel?” debate is almost entirely absent from English reviews. Russian, Korean and Chinese players – who make up the core STS1 fanbase – are the ones pushing back hardest.
Chinese audiences rated Marathon just 61% positive
2/ Marathon scored 89% overall. but Chinese players gave it 61%. same game, same week. the sentiment data points to optimization, UI, and onboarding problems – not a cultural thing. the overall score is hiding a 30-point gap.
This weeks top 3 reviewed games; Slay the Spire 2, Marathon, Poker Night remake
1/ so for the past few months I’ve been doing a weekly report on the most reviewed Steam games. this week’s data genuinely surprised me.
omg this pin is the besssttttt. Not coming to GDC this year unfortunately - enjoy the park for me and say hi to all the lovely people!!
I'm just glad a solution was found
Hello Bluesky. I'm working on an animated short and just launched a Kickstarter for it. Please take a look and share with anyone you think will like it! 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alt...
Can’t wait to slam that wishlist button again!!
Officially the Coolest Button 😅
The demo is still up and is a *lot* of fun - try it out here store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/... and don't forget to wishlist!
I went through 50 demos during last weeks Steam Next Fest, and ranked them to see which had the best Wishlist button.
Forbidden Solitaire by @greyalien.bsky.social was the winner with 14/15 points 🎉
7/ full breakdown with language sentiment, forum analysis, and Twitch data for all 5 demos 👇
gameplainer.com/blog/steam-n...
Bug reports have an 88.2% dev response rate.. really amazing effort!
6/ Most interesting case: John Carpenter's Toxic Commando. 71.5% positive, lowest of the top 5. But their bug report forum has an 88.2% team response rate.
That's a team fighting fires in real time.
A 71.5% score with active response is a very different situation than 71.5% with silence.
5/ This is what developer presence looks like in review data. Players who feel heard review better. It's not a theory: it shows up in the numbers every single week.
Look at Damian go! 90 replies in the past month alone
4/ Best sentiment of the fest: Far Far West. 5,156 reviews, 98.8% positive. Brazilian Portuguese players rated it 99.7%.
Damian from Fireshine Games was the most active poster in their own forums. 22.3% team response rate. 93.4% of forum reviewers went positive.
Big weekend of streaming for Windrose
3/ Most reviewed demo of the fest: Windrose.
6,028 reviews, 93.4% positive, every language group green. It also had the broadest Twitch coverage with 1,391 streams, 54,088 peak viewers, averaging 39 viewers per stream.
1: Resident Evil Requiem: 63,871 reviews 2: Rebooted Fate: 1,297 reviews 3: Iverian Wars: Crayon vs Defugel: 421 reviews 4.. 5.. 6..7..8: 🫣
2/ First, the elephant in the room: Resident Evil Requiem dropped during Next Fest week and took 90% of all Steam game reviews. 63k reviews, 95.9% positive. Not the focus of this thread, but worth acknowledging it absolutely crushed the air out of the room for full releases.
Steam Next Fest - Feb 2026 edition
Steam Next Fest is juuuuust about wrapped. 1,854 demos collected reviews. Here's what the data says about who won and why 🧵
You *are* the laser dance
Our next game is Verminsteel!
You're a bird with a broadsword, kicking thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun
PLEASE go wishlist it, it'll make me really happy and help me stop low-key panicking and stuff: store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
i don’t make the rules I just dodge the lasers
Legit this game 🤯
If you have a Quest 3 you gotta get Laser Dance
Amaze / Portside
I think it might be just a missing font in the pdf (or a missing font in all of our heads 😅)
Screenshot from a pitch deck I received today saying "Our services include: Quality Assurance (QA): Qrps ars pcb* npmdc qqgml _j O? u mpi dmu"
me: do your services include quality assurance
them: Qrps ars pcb* npmdc qqgml _j O? u mpi dmu
cool cool
This is so beautifully 1995 coded
Almost my entire recollection of 1996
I have been in most ways thinking about this post for 31 years.
Virtual Boy is just 👏that👏good👏
Demo downloaded. As an Australian immigrant, I'm sorry in advance for whatever we did.
