The remaster of NieR Replicant has become the best-selling game on Steam just two days after its release, displacing It Takes Two from the top.

Valve first introduced Playtest as a beta last November, attracting over 1 million players across 161 games. The feature is now available for all developers on Steam, making it easier to run playtests with the help of the community.

Developers usually make demos and prologues relatively short. However, titles like Loop Hero and The Riftbreaker prove that letting people play your game for hours before release can increase its discoverability and number of wishlists.

In case you’ve ever wondered if there has been “a race-to-the-bottom in pricing on Steam,” here is a graph that could help answer this question.

Data platform for indie devs Video Game Insights has launched a new tool that highlights genres that make the most money and genres that are oversupplied.

Jake Birkett, owner of Grey Alien Games (Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, and Regency Solitaire) has shared an interesting graph showing how well wishlists convert into purchases depending on the month added.

The Indie Publishing Awards 2021 ceremony aired yesterday for the first time.

Some people have refunded the latest title by Goodbyeworld Games after finishing it in less than two hours. The studio’s designer is now pitching a special game called Refund This Game to draw attention to Steam’s refund policy.

Valve employees broke down how Steam’s algorithm really works and what developers should do to potentially increase their sales and visibility of their games. The company also provided insights on the possibility of adding new services and features to the platform.

Valve announced that Steam now supports UTM traffic tracking. It allows developers and publishers to finally see how many people bought a game or added it to their wishlists during a specific marketing campaign.

Valheim has been leading Steam’s best-selling chart for eight weeks, but Outriders has now managed to take first place.

It only took an hour and a half for co-op action game Outriders to reach over 100,000 concurrent players. This achievement made the game the biggest Steam launch for Square Enix.

Valheim continues to prove its status as one of the year’s most successful titles. Two months after its release, the game is still the top-selling game on Steam.

The SteamDB team has launched the calendar of the upcoming Steam releases in beta. The new tool can help developers better plan the release window for their title.

Game marketing consultant Chris Zukowski has launched a free class How To Make A Steam Page.

Among Us has seen its concurrent player count drop to 24 thousand on Steam.

The legal fight for The Sinking City is not slowing down. The game has been removed from Steam again after Valve received a DMCA claim.

The scandal surrounding The Sinking City’s release on Steam continues. Frogwares claims that the publisher pirated their game, while Nacon says that the developers just ”play the victim.”

Valve will have to unveil some of its private Steam information requested by Apple in a lawsuit against Epic Games.