Steam "Gamepass" service for Indie games

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ツ Sergio ツ 24 Aug @ 12:15pm

Following this user's original idea: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/discussions/forum/1/601913636778181429/

I think it would be feasible. On Steam, there are countless indie games that get lost among the viral ones. Most viral indie games owe their popularity to streamers, which isn't fair because it doesn't reflect their quality. I've bought unknown indie games many times and realised they were really fun.

If Steam had some kind of monthly subscription pass that gave limited access to indie or lesser-known titles in general, it would bring to light many titles that are overshadowed by the viral ones.

With this pass, as an indie developer, if you wanted your game to appear, you would have to pay an extra fee. I know Valve takes too much money, but I don't think paying for more visibility in the game store is a bad thing. Or we could just have a list of completely random indie games that aren't very well known. As I said, there are some real indie gems out there that are hardly known and could gain a lot of visibility thanks to this pass.

Last edited by ツ Sergio ツ; 24 Aug @ 12:16pm

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Ettanin 24 Aug @ 12:16pm

Valve doesn't need a loss leader to attract customers. It's already the biggest PC storefront there is.

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Scamdiver 24 Aug @ 12:28pm

I’d at least like to be able to browse them, but instead I have to click through piles of "advertised" stuff. Since there’s no pagination, I have to keep hitting 'Show more' every 10 or so games in the selected category. If i closed the tab - my browsing progress is lost.

I can bet it's done on purpose to force the devs to pay for "unofficial marketing"

Last edited by Scamdiver; 24 Aug @ 1:10pm

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 24 Aug @ 12:40pm

Originally posted by ツ Sergio ツ:
Steam "Gamepass" service for Indie games

Following this user's original idea: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/discussions/forum/1/601913636778181429/

I think it would be feasible. On Steam, there are countless indie games that get lost among the viral ones. Most viral indie games owe their popularity to streamers, which isn't fair because it doesn't reflect their quality. I've bought unknown indie games many times and realised they were really fun.

If Steam had some kind of monthly subscription pass that gave limited access to indie or lesser-known titles in general, it would bring to light many titles that are overshadowed by the viral ones.

With this pass, as an indie developer, if you wanted your game to appear, you would have to pay an extra fee. I know Valve takes too much money, but I don't think paying for more visibility in the game store is a bad thing. Or we could just have a list of completely random indie games that aren't very well known. As I said, there are some real indie gems out there that are hardly known and could gain a lot of visibility thanks to this pass.

GabeN doesn't want to add a subscription to Steam, at this time.

GabeN would work with MS to bring Gamepass to Steam or any other dev/pub that wants to add a subscription to Steam, if they want to.

https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-has-no-plans-for-a-steam-pass-but-would-help-microsoft-put-game-pass-on-steam/