A game created in just a few months by two Japanese developers has become one of the major hits of the first half of the year. Today, we will take an in-depth look at the reasons behind the success of Meccha Chameleon and analyze its position both among “friend-lopes” and in the overall market.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney gave a comprehensive interview to PC Gamer. During the conversation, he shared his opinion on Steam’s requirement to label games created using artificial intelligence.

Traditionally, following the Steam demo festival, we prepare a detailed report on the outcomes of the main projects and overall trends. We will also share less obvious conclusions, as well as discuss anomalous cases and unsuccessful boosts.

Real-time strategy (RTS) games remain one of the most challenging genres on the market. Today, we are publishing an extensive report on its current state. What is the median revenue of RTS games, how saturated is this niche, which games are at the top in terms of revenue, and how are developers pushing the genre forward through hybridization? We will try to answer these and other questions.

In the eyes of consumers, the Summer Game Fest has become a sort of replacement for E3’s now-defunct game announcements. To clearly demonstrate the marketing impact of this series of events, we’ve prepared a detailed report — complete with charts, tables, and a plethora of data about dozens of games of various scales and for different platforms.

Earlier this year, the Russian team Cats Who Play launched their new game — a real-time military strategy “Gostomelskie Bogatyri”. Initially, the game debuted on VK Play (February 24), and later landed on Steam (March 31). Now, details about its performance on both platforms have emerged.

After two months of beta testing, the Steam team has officially changed the design of the store’s main page. They have made a series of specific enhancements.

In 2023, Valve’s head Gabe Newell provided testimony in a legal case against Wolfire Games, which accused the company of monopolizing the PC store market. A transcript of his speech was recently obtained by Bloomberg.

In the past couple of years, there’s been a noticeable trend on Steam towards what is called “friendslop”—visually unremarkable cooperative games for friends. While some developers are following this trend, Tolga Coşkun, the founder of the Turkish indie studio Dumbbell Games, considers the popularity of such titles a serious problem.

Incremental games are one of the fastest-growing segments on PC. We present a comprehensive benchmark report on the state of this niche to understand how the idle game market currently looks on Steam.

Adult games represent one of the most vibrant and taboo segments of the industry. Today, we’re publishing a comprehensive report on the state of the market. Which genres are leading today, how much do the top games earn, what engines are used for development, and where are the developers and publishers located? We’ll try to answer these and other questions.

From time to time, Valve optimizes the user tagging system in Steam, removing obsolete tags or adding new ones. This time, the company decided to do both.

After a hectic March, April looks much more lackluster. We will analyze the release and success of Olden Era separately. Today, we present our traditional section analyzing the performance of key titles from the past month — complete with charts and a wealth of data from various markets and platforms.

The Japanese indie developer Daikichi_EMP announced that he encountered an unexpected issue when trying to release a demo of his new game on Steam—Wired Tokyo 2007. The moderators did not approve it, citing a copyright violation. However, according to Daikichi_EMP, the rights in question belong not to someone else, but to himself.

There’s nothing more daunting than spending many years on development only to realize: no one wants your game. Unfortunately, there is no guaranteed way to avoid failure. However, you can improve your chances of success if you evaluate the niche and potential competitors before development, at least by the obvious criteria. Read our material to find out what these criteria are.

At the beginning of the year, a bill was developed in Turkey, establishing a number of requirements for gaming platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store. After thorough consideration, the country’s parliament decided to approve it — but with some minor concessions.

The authorities have made the same demand to the owners of Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox. They appealed to them directly.

This conclusion was reached by the analytical platform HushCrasher*.

Wishlists are one of the most crucial pre-release metrics for any game. We are publishing a comprehensive report to determine how their numbers relate to the number of followers on Steam today. To do this, we collected and analyzed data from several hundred games, including those whose authors have publicly disclosed their metrics.