GameDiscoverCo
@gamediscoverco.bsky.social
We're an agency based around one simple issue: how do players find, buy and enjoy your PC or console game? http://www.gamediscover.co
October 2025's top new Steam (& console) games revealed: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/october-20...
October 2025's top new Steam (& console) games revealed...
Also: plenty of discovery news, for your ZIP code and beyond...
newsletter.gamediscover.co
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
October 2025's top new Steam (& console) games revealed: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/october-20...
Does Steam have its regional pricing under control? Some analysis for the latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/does-steam...
Does Steam have its regional pricing recommendations right?
If not, what should you do about it? Also: a bunch of new Steam releases & the latest news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Does Steam have its regional pricing under control? Some analysis for the latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/does-steam...
How 'The Farmer Was Replaced' hit 39,000% (!) revenue increase at Steam 1.0 - find out in the latest GDCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-the-fa...
How 'The Farmer Was Replaced' hit 39,000% (!) revenue increase at Steam 1.0
Also: some other GDCo appearances - and lots of discovery/platform news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
How 'The Farmer Was Replaced' hit 39,000% (!) revenue increase at Steam 1.0 - find out in the latest GDCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-the-fa...
Why 'sessionability' radically affects game discovery: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/why-sessio...
Why 'sessionability' radically affects game discovery...
A tale of two games. Also: a big Steam debuts week & lots of news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Why 'sessionability' radically affects game discovery: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/why-sessio...
Who 'won' October's Steam Next Fest demo showcase? No one game, but we go through all the trends in our latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/who-won-oc...
Who 'won' October 2025's Steam Next Fest?
Also: lots of discovery and platform news, including new Steam Deck game pages.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
October 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Who 'won' October's Steam Next Fest demo showcase? No one game, but we go through all the trends in our latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/who-won-oc...
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The invisible downside of constant Steam sales and gaming deals:
“The biggest risk by far is that people don’t buy new games at full price [...] If people know they’re going to get games cheaper later, then why would they buy a game day one?”
postgame.substack.com/p/why-great-...
“The biggest risk by far is that people don’t buy new games at full price [...] If people know they’re going to get games cheaper later, then why would they buy a game day one?”
postgame.substack.com/p/why-great-...
October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The invisible downside of constant Steam sales and gaming deals:
“The biggest risk by far is that people don’t buy new games at full price [...] If people know they’re going to get games cheaper later, then why would they buy a game day one?”
postgame.substack.com/p/why-great-...
“The biggest risk by far is that people don’t buy new games at full price [...] If people know they’re going to get games cheaper later, then why would they buy a game day one?”
postgame.substack.com/p/why-great-...
What's up with Steam wishlist conversions nowadays? Why do they differ so much? Some thoughts: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/the-state-...
The state of Steam wishlist 'conversions': 2024-2025
Also: the big Steam debuts of the week, and a hunka chunka news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
October 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What's up with Steam wishlist conversions nowadays? Why do they differ so much? Some thoughts: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/the-state-...
How did CloverPit scale to 750k units sold on Steam in its first 2 weeks? We take a close look in our latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/real-data-... (Spoiler: VTubers are involved...)
Real data: how CloverPit hit 750k sales in 2 weeks
Also: lots of discovery news and the latest Roblox charts.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
October 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
How did CloverPit scale to 750k units sold on Steam in its first 2 weeks? We take a close look in our latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/real-data-... (Spoiler: VTubers are involved...)
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According to @gamediscoverco.bsky.social, there's a lot less desire among publishers and developers to understand how people find new games on consoles compared to PC.
Is it because there are more people playing on PC? Or are there other factors too?
Is it because there are more people playing on PC? Or are there other factors too?
Why Has PC Become the Dominant New Game Discovery Platform? - Game Discovery Talk
Why are developers so interested in how people find new games on PC, but not on consoles? Simon Carless of GameDiscoveryCo lists the reasons.
thisweekinvideogames.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
According to @gamediscoverco.bsky.social, there's a lot less desire among publishers and developers to understand how people find new games on consoles compared to PC.
Is it because there are more people playing on PC? Or are there other factors too?
Is it because there are more people playing on PC? Or are there other factors too?
What were the top new Steam (& console) releases of Sept. 2025. Here's what we think, in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/sept-2025s...
Sept. 2025's top new Steam (& console) games revealed...
Also: last month's most-streamed games, and lots of discovery news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
October 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What were the top new Steam (& console) releases of Sept. 2025. Here's what we think, in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/sept-2025s...
Does Xbox Game Pass' yield play make sense? Here's what we've got, in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/does-xbox-...
Does Xbox Game Pass' yield play make sense?
Also: 'more like this', the big new Steam games of the week, and lots of discovery news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
October 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Does Xbox Game Pass' yield play make sense? Here's what we've got, in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/does-xbox-...
How did satirical supermarket sim Discounty ring up 100,000 sales in its first week? We look in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-discou...
How Discounty rang up 100k sales in a week!
A good result across Steam & Switch. Also: why power laws matter.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
September 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
How did satirical supermarket sim Discounty ring up 100,000 sales in its first week? We look in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-discou...
How seriously should we take Steam Deck, and what games do best on it? GameDiscoverCo looked at Steam's own data on the games that are majority-played on Deck, and a bunch of nice (attached!) graphs ensued: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steam-deck...
September 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
How seriously should we take Steam Deck, and what games do best on it? GameDiscoverCo looked at Steam's own data on the games that are majority-played on Deck, and a bunch of nice (attached!) graphs ensued: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steam-deck...
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Is it still worth attending IRL game events in 2025, if you want to promote your game (or discover games as a player)? Simon Carless of @gamediscoverco.bsky.social reasons it out in his latest column.
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Are In-Person Events Still Good for Game Discovery?
At a time when the internet has become a fearsome hype machine for games, what’s the point of physical events (for devs and players)?
thisweekinvideogames.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Is it still worth attending IRL game events in 2025, if you want to promote your game (or discover games as a player)? Simon Carless of @gamediscoverco.bsky.social reasons it out in his latest column.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... [PAYWALLED]
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... [PAYWALLED]
Here's a collab with Stream Hatchet, as the streaming tracker firm (which looks at live-streams from all non-China sources, led by Twitch) used access to GameDiscoverCo’s Pro API to grab historical wishlist balance estimates for recent Steam hits: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-does-s...
How does streamer popularity & Steam wishlists relate?
We take a look with Stream Hatchet. Also: the latest Roblox hits & lots of discovery news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
September 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here's a collab with Stream Hatchet, as the streaming tracker firm (which looks at live-streams from all non-China sources, led by Twitch) used access to GameDiscoverCo’s Pro API to grab historical wishlist balance estimates for recent Steam hits: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-does-s...
5 things you didn't know about Hollow Knight: Silksong: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/5-things-y...
5 things you didn't know about Hollow Knight: Silksong
Also: this week's big Steam debuts, and lots of news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
September 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
5 things you didn't know about Hollow Knight: Silksong: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/5-things-y...
Our latest newsletter looks at why catalog revenue matters, analyzing the success of the Supraland & Supraworld series (>500k units sold on Steam LTD): newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/from-supra...
From Supraland to Supraworld: why catalog matters!
Also: the most-streamed games of August, and lots of discovery news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
September 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Our latest newsletter looks at why catalog revenue matters, analyzing the success of the Supraland & Supraworld series (>500k units sold on Steam LTD): newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/from-supra...
What were the top new releases on Steam & console in August 2025? (And the top continuing ones on Steam?) A bumper data dump from GameDiscoverCo is attached: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-were-...
What were August's biggest new PC & console game hits?
Also: continued sellers? And Silksong's debut! And news!
newsletter.gamediscover.co
September 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
What were the top new releases on Steam & console in August 2025? (And the top continuing ones on Steam?) A bumper data dump from GameDiscoverCo is attached: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/what-were-...
Why don't we cover mobile game discovery at GameDiscoverCo? Some thoughts in the latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/we-dont-co...
We don't cover mobile game discovery - here's why!
Also: plenty of platform news and our latest Steam game debuts analysis.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
August 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Why don't we cover mobile game discovery at GameDiscoverCo? Some thoughts in the latest newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/we-dont-co...
Which unreleased games made the biggest splash at Gamescom? GameDiscoverCo took a look at the 100+ games showcased in streaming showcases around the event, and found the Steam wishlist trends: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/which-game...
August 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Which unreleased games made the biggest splash at Gamescom? GameDiscoverCo took a look at the 100+ games showcased in streaming showcases around the event, and found the Steam wishlist trends: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/which-game...
We got asked by @aftermath.site about whether devs should move their release date because of Silksong: aftermath.site/silksong-ind... (Spoiler: in general, no.)
Indie Devs Are Delaying Their Games Because Of Silksong [Update] - Aftermath
'I feel like a little krill trying to not get eaten by a blue whale,' wrote one developer
aftermath.site
August 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We got asked by @aftermath.site about whether devs should move their release date because of Silksong: aftermath.site/silksong-ind... (Spoiler: in general, no.)
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If you're a game developer (or just a keen spectator), you'd probably like some predictability in knowing how a game will perform when it releases. Is it worth obsessing over wishlist numbers?
Simon from @gamediscoverco.bsky.social takes a look:
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... (PAYWALLED)
Simon from @gamediscoverco.bsky.social takes a look:
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... (PAYWALLED)
Game Discovery Talk - Do Steam Wishlists Actually Matter?
Are Steam wishlists a good indication of how a successful a game will be at launch? GameDiscoverCo's Simon Carless take a look.
thisweekinvideogames.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you're a game developer (or just a keen spectator), you'd probably like some predictability in knowing how a game will perform when it releases. Is it worth obsessing over wishlist numbers?
Simon from @gamediscoverco.bsky.social takes a look:
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... (PAYWALLED)
Simon from @gamediscoverco.bsky.social takes a look:
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... (PAYWALLED)
So sure, Steam wishlists matter. But does 'proven' playability matter more? We look at risk profiles in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steam-wish...
Steam wishlists: total matters, 'proven' playability matters more?
Also: Roblox charts & this week's Steam debuts for Pro/Plus subs.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
August 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
So sure, Steam wishlists matter. But does 'proven' playability matter more? We look at risk profiles in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/steam-wish...
Why was RimWorld's latest expansion its biggest so far? We speak to its dev for the latest GDCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-rimwor...
How RimWorld's latest DLC was its biggest so far
We talk to the team. Also: streaming charts from July & lots of news.
newsletter.gamediscover.co
August 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Why was RimWorld's latest expansion its biggest so far? We speak to its dev for the latest GDCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/how-rimwor...
We're back, with GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, from August 4th to 11th: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...
We're back, with GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, from August 4th to 11th: | Simon Carless
We're back, with GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, from August 4th to 11th:
- Continued momentum for EA's Battlefield 6 (#1) has seen it ...
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August 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We're back, with GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, from August 4th to 11th: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...