What I am trying to figure out is did “the line” move to allow more developers into the inner circle of games that can earn a sustaining income and did it increase the amount of money those games earn?
The hard thing trying to determine whether the 2022 or 2023 was a better year for indies is to determine where the line is. What is “the line?” The algorithm and curation of Steam is always about promoting the games it thinks are “good” and smothering the ones it thinks aren’t worth it. What I am trying to figure out is did “the line” move to allow more developers into the inner circle of games that can earn a sustaining income and did it increase the amount of money those games earn?