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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · 3h

We have 250,000 across those two days! (It's selling faaast.)

GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · 19d

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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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 23d

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]

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)?

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · 22d

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · 24d

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · 29d

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Sep 5

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!

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 29

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 26

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...

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 22

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

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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · Aug 17

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)

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 15

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 12

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.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 11

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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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 8

Which new games did the best on Steam (& PS/Xbox) in July 2025? The latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter tackles just that: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/wuchang-gr...

Wuchang, Grounded 2 lead July's new Steam hits!

Also: new PS/Xbox titles, and plenty of notable discovery news.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 5

Since GDCo is on holiday this week, thanks to The Writer Will Do Something and Eliza co-creator @matthewseiji.com for once again providing a special guest post while we’re out, laying out an important new market: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/puglips-th...

PugLips: The next insanely popular thing you’ve never heard of…

Our fourth annual 'Summer Special' article, innit?

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 1

Which game genres get the most playtime, on median/average? Lots of lovely Steam data on this in the latest GameDiscoverCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/which-game...

Which game genres get the most playtime?

Also: some notable Steam debuts, and plenty of news..

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Aug 1

LOL, you do realize these are all NEW games and your game isn't NEW, right? 😘

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Jul 29

We're back, with GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, from July 21st to 28th. Top performer by far is EA's Battlefield 6 (#1), which revealed last week: www.linkedin.com/posts/simonc...

We're back, with GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, from July 21st to 28th: | Simon Carless

We're back, with GameDiscoverCo's countdown of 'trending' unreleased Steam games by 7-day new follower velocity, from July 21st to 28th: - Top performer by far is EA's Battlefield 6 (#1), which revea...

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ready Or Not just hit 1 million units sold on console after less than 4 days. Is that... normal? Well, not really - it's an exceptionally good result! And we look at it in the context of PlayStation and Xbox new releases in the latest GDCo newsletter: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/ready-or-n...

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · Jul 22

Simon Carless from @gamediscoverco.bsky.social is back for another This Week in Videogames column to show me that, because of some odd (Sega?) tagging, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is weirdly one of the highest-grossing NSFW games on Steam??

thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/game... (paywall)

Game Discovery Talk - The Hidden World of Adult Content on Steam

In light of recent events around adult content on Steam, industry analyst Simon Carless looks at the performance of the platform's top NSFW games.

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GameDiscoverCo @gamediscoverco.bsky.social · Jul 16

Great news for Steam devs: not only is the back-end wishlist logging back after their 'brief' Steam Summer Sale downtime (haha), Valve has taken advantage of the break to make them, wait for it.. realtime! (They update every hour now in the 'today' section of the Steam sales dashboard.)

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