App2Top.com: site for game developers, publishers and marketers

All publications for 09.04.2025

“Waiting for a publisher was a mistake”: The creators of Do No Harm made half a million dollars in a month by releasing the game independently

Do No Harm is a Lovecraftian doctor simulator developed by the indie team Darts Games from Azerbaijan. The studio’s co-founder, Novruz Javadov, wrote a detailed post on Reddit discussing the game’s success, its development, and the challenges faced.

Publisher Balatro advised other publishers to invest more in indie teams and not to expect huge profits from them

What could publishers do to better support indie developers? This was the question journalists from Inverse asked the winners of the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards. According to one of the Playstack executives, publishers need to simplify the process of allocating funds for games.

Media: The iOS version of Resident Evil 3 earned less than $50,000 in three weeks

Apple device owners greeted the iOS version of Resident Evil 3 with little enthusiasm. This is reported by the portal MobileGamer, which studied the data from analytical services.

South of Midnight launched on Steam with fewer than 1.5 thousand people online

On April 8, the adventure action game South of Midnight had its full release on PC and Xbox Series — prior to this, only owners of the premium edition could play it for five days. At least on Steam, the project from Compulsion Games did not capture much interest.