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News November 12

The restaurant earned half a million dollars in less than a week

The game has already recouped its development costs.

News October 31

Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim earned half a million dollars in a week and a half

The Russian fantasy strategy game Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim, in the spirit of Majesty, has proved to be a commercially successful game. This is according to a post by Kirill Oreshkin, the co-founder of Polden Publishing, on his Telegram channel.

News October 21

The release of Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim, the spiritual successor to Majesty, has taken place.

The game publisher, Polden Publishing, shared the initial business metrics with App2Top. In the first 15 hours of sales, the gross revenue amounted to $202,000.

Round table October 9

What you need to have on hand when looking for a publisher and how much money they might provide for development — a roundtable with publishers

The editorial team at App2Top posed the most pressing questions regarding publishing to representatives from Skystone Games, Indie GO Fund, HeroCraft, and Polden Publishing.

News September 30

The revenue of publisher Static Dread and Bus Flipper has surpassed the $500,000 mark

This is the result of less than a year of the company’s existence: Polden Publishing officially opened in November 2024.

Round table September 4

Roundtable on Cozy Games: Specifics, Challenges, and Prospects

In recent years, there’s been a noticeable trend towards cozy games: more and more projects under the “cozy” tag have been released on Steam each year. What exactly is this trend, and is it worth pursuing in game development? We discussed with Alexander Blintsov, Dmitry Muratov, and Kirill Oreshkin.

Static Dread recouped its development costs shortly after release

Static Dread: The Lighthouse is a lighthouse keeper simulator developed by the studio solarsuit.games, inspired by the stories of Howard Lovecraft. The game was released on Steam on August 6, 2025, and quickly recouped its costs.

In two months, Train Valley Origins was purchased only 4,300 times

On June 12, the studio Flazm and publisher Polden Publishing released the railway economic puzzle game Train Valley Origins on Steam. According to Polden Publishing co-founder Kirill Oreshkin, “the game didn’t succeed at all.”

“The publisher of the indie novelty Static Dread shared insights on how to price your game,”

Spoiler: you can’t do without market analysis.

Bus Flipper paid off on Steam in 48 hours

The bus repair simulator by Cyprus-based Polden Publishing managed to recoup its development costs within the first two days of sales.