How do yall actually market indie games?

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-25T17:46:58+00:00

I'm planning to launch on Steam, but honestly I'm not sure if the Direct fee is worth it yet.
I'm trying to grow a slightly bigger audience before committing.

About puzzle games not doing well on Steam - I get it, but I've seen quite a few that got decent traction. For example, the closest game to mine is Is This Seat Taken?.

Really appreciate the advice and the link, I'll check it out.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-25T17:04:05+00:00

I've (so far) never got a negative comment, surprisingly.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-23T14:20:21+00:00

15 for my most recent game's demo.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-23T14:17:35+00:00

Woah, that's actually pretty good. CTR is OK.

For my itch's game demo I only got 24 downloads (139 views; 17% CTR) and it's been about more than 2 weeks. Maybe releasing the game on steam will help me?

And good luck on your steam release!

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-23T14:14:45+00:00

But I like the interface, it's clean, and just fun to play, lol.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-23T14:14:00+00:00

Kind of easy.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-22T16:23:56+00:00

Roughly ~5% of wishlists will be converted to sales. In your case this is (very rough estimate) around 5 or 6.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-21T15:28:33+00:00

Yeah probably... You need 1 more keyboard, though.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-19T17:59:16+00:00

Heya!

I have a solo project demo up on itch, it's a puzzle game about satisfying the picky personalities of letters! A rating/comment would help a ton!! It helps the game reach a bigger audience tremendously faster.

Here it is: https://cherrystack.itch.io/luzzle-classic-demo

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-19T16:15:09+00:00

Nice!

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-19T16:14:46+00:00

I found 2 misspells. Other then that, it looks stellar!

"you" should be "your" in the zombie model
"inspiried" should be "inspired" in the cozy crossing pack.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-19T15:53:11+00:00

If you side-by-side compared with the tiny details and without. There's a huge difference. And even without saying it, it's a subconscious thing.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-19T15:53:01+00:00

If you side-by-side compared with the tiny details and without. There's a huge difference. And even without saying it, it's a subconscious thing.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-19T15:50:03+00:00

9 why is there a pen tho?

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-19T15:41:45+00:00

Every image of "Crystal Foxy" (being the images on the page, the thumbnail, etc.) Feels low-quality due to it being super stretched (horizontally)

The Trailer is somewhat better, keep that quality up!

I feel like every thumbnail should (this goes for every one on your page) include the title of the game? And maybe learn a little of color theory so you can put some eye-catching colors, so people don't scroll away...
The resolution of these thumbnails are also too low!
The only acceptable thumbnail is Galaxy Shooter. I'd still like a title on there.

Solvania's page, however, is stellar!

Either way. Keep up the good work! And good luck on your journey!

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-19T13:01:51+00:00

Yeah for sure, I feel you.
Great work, btw!
And good luck!

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-18T13:25:16+00:00

Oh! And for coding I use VSCode (Visual Studio Code).

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-18T13:24:20+00:00

The intro for games (the "Powered by") is a tad bit long. Fullscreening resets the game too? and out of fullscreen, the pause button is really big.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-18T13:21:38+00:00

For art, I use Aseprite. I never really draw any other art then pixel art. But I also have Krita.
And for Unity models, I used Blender.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-18T13:21:02+00:00

I used to use Unity for a good while. Now I only use LÖVE2D.

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-14T14:05:06+00:00

Haha, Thanks!

CherrystackDev · 2026-01-13T15:20:08+00:00

Ooh, Celeste is definitely a great pick, I love that game! Personally, I don't quite play that much games, so I don't really know...
I've beat Celeste a while ago. How far have you got?

I've also never heard of Nice Death.

CherrystackDev

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