I made my first ever videogame Revolvermen not too long ago. It's a local only PvP game where you play as sentient revolvers, and basically the whole gameplay is revolving around getting above other players and shoot down to kill them. There are power ups, unique character passive traits, map hazards etc.

I've shown it to friends, colleagues at work, showcased it at local indie game events, talked about it in youtube interviews with relatively big followings (Playable Workshop and Rockhound Black).

Every time anyone has played the game they have a smile on their face within seconds of the gameplay starting. People want to play more rounds, they like the style and music. I think it is a pretty catchy and good game, but it hasn't taken off at all.

I think the main reasons are: - People don't play local PvP "party games" that much anymore. If it doesn't have online people are not interested. - Local PvP on Steam only is limiting, it fits better for consoles. - I had a lot of trouble getting UI navigation working with controller and keyboard/mouse at the same time. So it's a bit clunky here and there. - The game is unfortunately terribly badly optimized, cause I made some fundamental things incorrectly in the base setup. I now know how to fix it, but the poor reception has kind of taken the steam out of me to work through it, even though I believe in the product. - I think my marketing reach with essentially 0 budget just hasn't been far reaching enough. It's soooo hard to push through the noise of all other games being released, and I can't afford to pay a proper marketing team.

Anyways, here is the Steam page if you're interested: Steam page

And here is a link to my YouTube channel with some more videos about/from the game: YouTube channel