18 of Steam’s 50 Best Games This Week Are Barely 48 Hours Old — And Two of Them Own 78% of the Reviews
Steam’s seven-day chart is not a quality ranking. It is a launch-window ranking — and this week the numbers make
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OpenFront Got 200,000 Wishlists Without Buying a Single Ad — And the Money It Did Spend Went Somewhere Unusual
OpenFront crossed 200,000 Steam wishlists twelve days before launch with no traditional advertising spend at all. Every penny it did
Is OpenFront Free? Yes — But Only in Your Browser, and the Steam Version Is a Different Deal
Short answer: yes, OpenFront is free — in your browser, at openfront.io, permanently. The Steam version released on 17 September
The Best City Builders on Steam Are the Ones That Will Not Let You Grow
The best city builders and colony sims on Steam right now are the ones that cannot grow — and they
11 Best Turn-Based Tactics Games on Steam (Nine Are Roguelites, and That Fixed the Genre)
Nine of the eleven best turn-based tactics games on Steam right now are built around runs rather than campaigns —
33 of Steam’s 50 Best New Games This Week Are Self-Published — And the Other 17 Charge 56% More
33 of the 50 games on Steam’s seven-day chart this week are self-published — the developer is also the publisher.
What Is Jade Stone Gambling? The Real Trade Behind Steam’s Newest Tycoon Game
Yes, jade stone gambling is a real trade, and it works roughly the way the game says it does: you
Four Shop Simulators Charted on Steam This Week — And They All Share the Same Five Verbs
Four of the fifty best-reviewed Steam games this week are shop simulators, and they all share the same five verbs.
8 Desktop Pet Games on Steam — The Only Genre Designed to Be Ignored
Desktop pet games are the only genre on Steam designed to be ignored. Every other game competes for your attention.
Why Almost Every New Steam Game Is 95% Positive — And the One This Week That Is Not
Every game on this week’s Steam 250 weekly chart that launched in the last seven days is above 76% positive,