“Half of all paid games on Steam have earned less than an estimated $3,622 in their entire lifetime,” the report reads. “A game at the 90th percentile has earned about $236,184, and the 99th percentile starts at $15,872,031.”
10% making over $235k paints a very different picture tho…
Especially considering how 8/10 games seem to be utter slop lately.
Recall, percentages are projections for masses that can only count to 100. It is, as this data demonstrates, a very limiting projection for logarithmic scales. When folks can see the cliff, they truly see the nepotistic curation Valve rerewards. There’s no «Surprise me!» like in spotify or bandcamp. «New indie titles to try!» «Indie of the week!» etc…
10% making over $235k paints a very different picture tho…
Especially considering how 8/10 games seem to be utter slop lately.
‘Platformer’, ‘roguelike’, ‘survival’, ‘base building’
Four horsemen of steam slop.
roguelike is a pretty cool genre with so many good games. Some of the best indie games are roguelikes. I wouldn’t call the genre “slop”.
Recall, percentages are projections for masses that can only count to 100. It is, as this data demonstrates, a very limiting projection for logarithmic scales. When folks can see the cliff, they truly see the nepotistic curation Valve rerewards. There’s no «Surprise me!» like in spotify or bandcamp. «New indie titles to try!» «Indie of the week!» etc…
Not helping your credibility with this shit