Thread by @AdventureMtn

So in a previous thread I wrote how it is VERY VERY hard to battle the algorithms and release a lot of small games on Steam. It is hard but not impossible. Here are some ways you might make it work! 👇👇👇🧵🧵🧵👇👇👇

Option #1 - It is your first game so F#$@ the algorithm! You have never released a game before. Who cares about getting visibility? You are just trying to figure out the miracle of releasing a game that is fun. Just don't quit your job first. Just try to learn game development.

Option #2 - Make the game fast but don't release it right away! There is no law that says you must release your game the moment you finish development. Instead spend months collecting wishlists organically, applying to shows, sharing it with streamers and on reddit.

While you are marketing game #1 and collecting organic wishlists, start working on game #2. Then when you are done with #2, don't release it yet. Start work on game #3. When any game reaches 5K - 10K wishlists, release it.

Option #2a - One advanced version of option #2 is to immediately make 3 shell Steam game pages while you develop all three games over the next few months. Make sure to cross link among the 3 games and setup a "franchise" in steam.

Option #3 - No free riders on Patreon. Many rapid release developers supplement their income with Patreon. The highest backers often get free keys to the games. This is a mistake!

You see The biggest backers are also your biggest fans. When you give them a free key you are taking away their most powerful ability: reviews. The reviews don't count if the game was unlocked via a free key.

The biggest backers are also your biggest fans. When you give them a free key you are taking away their most valuable ability: leaving reviews. The reviews don't count if the game was unlocked via a free key.

So think of other ways to reward your backers without giving them free keys. Explain to them how important it is that they buy and review your game. Hopefully they will understand. Consider names in credits, secret unlockable codes for in game items, and input in development.

Option #4 - Rapidly release, but roll them into one giant katamari of a game. Basically you Create one game on Steam that is an anthology game of all your rapidly release games into one single executable.

This works because you aren't fighting to get to 10 reviews with every new release. Also steam players like games that are frequently updated. Plus playtimes will be longer. You can also use visibility rounds for extra visibility.

Those are just some ideas on how you can rapidly release games and still surf the Steam algorithm to get free visibility. Remember by not following the rules that the Steam algorithm prefers (long dev and marketing times) you are missing out on free visibility.

If you have questions about all this I am actually going to have a live video Q&A where you can ask me anything and I will give you my honest opinion. It is going to be Tuesday August 31st at 9:30AM PST. Register here: mailchi.mp/25fc89eebc52/qa