Dice, stained glass, and skeleton retail: Steam’s weirdest indie week in numbers
Steam added 2,611 new games this week, pushing the tracked total to 83,115. Against that flood, the five indie games below all hit the same estimated owner mark of 10,000—which is exactly why review quality and early traction matter more than raw ownership right now. The average review score across the market this week sat at 78.5%. Every game in this roundup beat that by at least 14.3 percentage points, and the best of them cleared it by 20.9 points. That’s not normal. It’s a sign that this week’s standout indies weren’t just visible—they were landing. ...