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[Kyougar]

Disclaimer: This is for games newly released between 22.05.2015 and 28.06.2015. I'm only including games that have more than 10k owners, there's a lot of great games that sold less than that, but I don't think Steamspy results for such low values are statistically sound. I did remove the games that left Early Access this month, as they had a lot more time to accrue owners (Tabletop Simulator, Audiosurf 2, Massive Chalice)
Also, standard Steamspy disclaimer applies - those are ownership data, not revenue and definitely not profit. Many of these games have been discounted during the Steam Sale, a few have been bundled already/before release.



#5: Magicka 2 ($14.99) - 64% positive out of 1479 reviews: 108,966 ± 7,488


#6: BeamNG.drive ($24.99) - 91% positive out of 1174 reviews: 107,751 ± 7,446


#7: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2 Sisters Generation ($29.99) - 94% positive out of 838 reviews: 68,863 ± 5,953


#8: LEGO Jurassic World ($39.99) - 77% positive out of 689 reviews: 59,412 ± 5,530


#9: Duck Game ($12.99) - 96% positive out of 985 reviews: 54,686 ± 5,305


#10: The Game That Shall Not Be Named ($19.99) - 78% positive out of 2525 reviews: 48,474 ± 4,995

Please let me know if you find a chart like this worthwhile.

It is wothwile!

So what can we learn about the kind of Audience that buys and enjoys Niche games?
Neptunia has a 94% userrating. So I think we can determine, that the Audience, that is buying Neptunia games KNOWS what they get into. We had this disgracefull IF/Compile heart thread some days ago but userrating and sales clearly display that neptunia found her Audience has a happy Audience. Impulse buys for Neptunia should be rare and therefore has little bad reviews from impulse buy customers.
Duckgame is clearly influenced from the TB Video and possibly more in the troll faction regarding userreviews.
Lego Jurassic World is the most Casual and mass market conform game and probably has more impulse buyers that are not satisfied with that game.


Ot its all bollocks, what do I know ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Knurek]

Since that top ten Steam sellers only contains one anime game (nep) and no vns, does that mean the inordinate amount of talk about anime, vns and random bara games (yep I googled it too) is not representative of a Steam community thread?

Just asking???
I think 75% of this thread is anime/etc

Do note that many VN publishers hide their results from SteamSpy.
No info on how Grisaia sold, for instance, and that was last month.

 

[DillonMabry]

You can't just post the forbidden game, how about some secret stealth?

Don't really get the whole "waifu" meme, but the Waifu Hunter curator is flawless.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

I haven't bought a single BD since Amazon UK's repeatedly-extended free shipping to AU promotion finally ended. At the time I figured Amazon would repeat the offer again at some point since it was clearly a huge success, but it's been ~3.5 years now.

So what are the perks of bring a Prime member in Aus?
I love my two day shipping. Which sometimes is a day and half depending on what warehouse location.

 

[JaseC]

So what are the perks of bring a Prime member in Aus?
I love my two day shipping. Which sometimes is a day and half depending on what warehouse location.

I don't think Prime has any effect on international orders and Amazon AU sells Kindle e-books exclusively.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

That's a damn shame.

 

[Maniac]

man, wticher 3 is a godly game. love every single second in it, yea it has a few flaws but my lord I'm in love with it.

I knew you had some amazing opinions tucked away in that noggin' of yours

Spoiler

<3

retail, physical game purchases:
2009: 73 games
2010: 64 games
2011: 53 games
2012: 36 games
2013: 24 games
2014: 20 games
2015 (so far): 1 game

anyone else have a similar trajectory?

Not at all. I more or less stopped buying retail when I started to actively use Steam. Having looked through my very, very few retail games lying around, it's become evident that I almost completely stopped buying retail around 2007-2008~, since then the only retail games I've bought has been Skyrim on launch, since I wanted the map for my collection (the map is superb quality, especially considering it was a free addition) and my Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Collectors Edition. Two retail purchases in around 7-8 years, so I can't really say I've had much of a trajectory, since in my case it dropped off a cliff Wile E. Coyote style.

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edit: Very little in the way of useful... Anything in the last few pages, cause, you know, fuck animu. ;'D

And ofcourse, hi ladies & gents, hope you're all doing well. The weather here is ridiculous and it's feeling like an oven; 42 celcius in the sun, around 30 in the shade, and one of the two windows in my room is broken so it can't open.

;_;

 

[YianGaruga]

yeah the weather is nuts, could barely sleep and I'm super tired

impossible to do anything really

just kill me

 

[Anteater]

Do note that many VN publishers hide their results from SteamSpy.
No info on how Grisaia sold, for instance, and that was last month.

isn't bad rats hidden too

I always imagine they just didn't want people seeing them with their Ferraris

 

[dex3108]

yeah the weather is nuts, could barely sleep and I'm super tired

impossible to do anything really

just kill me

And ofcourse, hi ladies & gents, hope you're all doing well. The weather here is ridiculous and it's feeling like an oven; 42 celcius in the sun, around 30 in the shade, and one of the two windows in my room is broken so it can't open.

;_;

Pft you are just complaining there and i need to work in "uniform" almost every day around house XD (Damn fence needs sanding before new coat of primer than probably two layers of paint). I have feeling that i am losing weight so it is not that bad XD

 

[Anteater]

Looks like Clannad is coming out in Nov

 

[Chariot]

Looks like Clannad is coming out in Nov

YES YES IN MY VEINS MAKE ME CRY MAKE ME CRY ONE MORE TIME

 

[Phinor]

I haven't bought a single BD since Amazon UK's repeatedly-extended free shipping to AU promotion finally ended. At the time I figured Amazon would repeat the offer again at some point since it was clearly a huge success, but it's been ~3.5 years now.

Amazon UK used to have free shipping to most EU countries but last year they decided to suddenly stop that offer. Before that, I bought most of my Blu-rays as well as a lot of other stuff from Amazon but after the change, the only reason to open Amazon (UK) is to use the marketplace.

I wish someone finally invented energy-free teleporters so that shipping fees would be a thing of the past. Is that really too much to ask for?

 

[ashecitism]

so I was wondering what's up with Bad Rats 2, and saw this was posted in May

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x0st4yKHfs

 

[Boss Doggie]

bad rats has a sequel?!

 

[Snakethesniper]

Is there someone who's still buying from nuuvem? Which VPN do you use?

 

[titch]

About time i did another of these!!!!

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[Arthea]

Umineko , hell yeah!
well, we knew it's coming but now it's official.
I'm not a fan of Clannad but not that I dislike it, so that's good news too.

I'm still salty about no Steins Gate for us and will be till the end of times.

about Nep Nep:
these games are fun and good, I don't know why people keep insisting that they are for "certain audience", unless certain audience means people with sense of humour, then yes.

You can't just post the forbidden game, how about some secret stealth?

friendship

gw Chariot
really funny

retail, physical game purchases:
2009: 73 games
2010: 64 games
2011: 53 games
2012: 36 games
2013: 24 games
2014: 20 games
2015 (so far): 1 game

anyone else have a similar trajectory?

I haven't bought physical for so long already that I'm not sure what my last was. If I'm not forgetting something for PC it was the Last Remnant some 5-6 years ago and other was Ninokuni, I think two years ago, that was time when I went full digital for everything (including books)

edited: I still think that Minecraft VN (Telltale one) is huge misunderstanding. Like, you know, people having no idea what Minecraft is and why people buy VNs or something like it.

edit2: I understand why Bad Rats devs would wanna hide those sales, people can get jealous of those mountains and seas of money and go after them.
Why would VNs hide their sales, though?

 

[Knurek]

Holy shit, need to buy this next week:

 

[Milamber]

Holy shit, need to buy this next week:

Bethesda didn't pay them enough?

 

[lashman]

First look at Minecraft for Windows 10

 

[KainXVIII]

First look at Minecraft for Windows 10

yepitswood.jpg
Does it coming to Steam?

 

[Deques]

Holy shit, need to buy this next week:

I would like to buy it too, but how?

 

[Ruruja]

yepitswood.jpg
Does it coming to Steam?

Of course not, it's coming to GFWL 2.0. Please be excited.

 

[L.O.R.D]

https://i.imgur.com/bjP5uLG.webm

some F zero game


is there a game like it on steam ? except Radial-G ?

 

[Deleted member 125677]

retail, physical game purchases:
2009: 73 games
2010: 64 games
2011: 53 games
2012: 36 games
2013: 24 games
2014: 20 games
2015 (so far): 1 game

anyone else have a similar trajectory?

on PC? not a single physical purchase since Starcraft 2 in 2009.

 

[PandaPedinte]

bad rats has a sequel?!

It was teased last year and is supposed to release on 2015

 

[lashman]

 

[Mr. Doop]

It was teased last year and is supposed to release on 2015

I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up like Birdemic 2 where the developer is in on the joke and it just ends up being really bad instead of being so bad it's good.

 

[Lain]

Looks good. Don't know about others, but I'm sorta hyped for this new Hitman.

 

[Eila]

https://i.imgur.com/bjP5uLG.webm

some F zero game


is there a game like it on steam ? except Radial-G ?

There was a game called Chaos Ride which wasn't terribly good. Dev took it off the store but there should still be a lot of steam keys around.

 

[Se7enSword]

Looks great so far. Thanks for the info!

 

[freshVeggie]

Umineko coming. Cool I guess. The more Japanese put their games on PC the better for everyone. I don't know much about it besides knurek loving it, hah.

Minecraft on Win10. JaseC always says he has hopes it will come to Steam. Wish he's right.

Stump's physical question. None in the last 10 years. But I did start playing a bit more common in the last 5 or so years. So there's that.

36° in the shade. Send help -_-'

 

[Deques]

Umineko coming. Cool I guess. The more Japanese put their games on PC the better for everyone. I don't know much about it besides knurek loving it, hah.

Minecraft on Win10. JaseC always says he has hopes it will come to Steam. Wish he's right.

Stump's physical question. None in the last 10 years. But I did start playing a bit more common in the last 5 or so years. So there's that.

36° in the shade. Send help -_-'

But Minecraft is coming to Steam, it's just not the correct Minecraft game is coming to Steam

 

[MMBosstones86]

man, wticher 3 is a godly game. love every single second in it, yea it has a few flaws but my lord I'm in love with it.

It really is a sublime experience. Almost 70 hours in and it's still great.

The battle of

Spoiler

Kaer Morhan

stands out so far, that shit was just fantastic.

Yup, that's a Hitman game.

 

[freshVeggie]

But Minecraft is coming to Steam, it's just not the correct Minecraft game is coming to Steam

Haha. Aw :'(

 

[Vuze]

Doesn't look extremely hot in terms of graphics and IQ, probably due to image compression. That aliasing tho

 

[Arthea]

.

btw, do you still play Clicker Heroes?
If you do, have you noticed much less rubies dropping than before, or is it only me? I barely get them at all anymore.

 

[Volimar]

Doesn't look extremely hot in terms of graphics and IQ, probably due to image compression. That aliasing tho

It's still in Alpha. Give it some time.

Though after playing Absolution I don't know if I am looking forward to another Hitman.

 

[Thorgal]

Good morning America !

How was the party ?
How wasted where you ?
Did you blow your fingers of with fireworks ?

 

[Boss Doggie]

I always wondered why games like Prison Architect and Armello are in early access, their games feel full enough. I guess Armello still has to add four more characters but what about PA?

I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up like Birdemic 2 where the developer is in on the joke and it just ends up being really bad instead of being so bad it's good.

Even bad directors/developers have egos from bad stuff.

 

[MMBosstones86]

btw, do you still play Clicker Heroes?
If you do, have you noticed much less rubies dropping than before, or is it only me? I barely get them at all anymore.

I think it's just you, but I tend to not pay too much attention. Check every now and then and 'oh shit, I have 50 gems sitting here'.

 

[Nyteshade517]

is Enhanced Steam having problems right now?...Won't load up the price details like current or historical lows

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Any dates for Umineko or next episode of Higurashi?

 

[Hero Prinny]

I knew you had some amazing opinions tucked away in that noggin' of yours

Spoiler

<3

<33

It really is a sublime experience. Almost 70 hours in and it's still great.

The battle of

Spoiler

Kaer Morhan

stands out so far, that shit was just fantastic.

haven't gotten to that yet, i just completed the quest Family Matters last night, started doing side quests now cause the recommended level for the next story mission is 16 and I'm only 10. But yea, 24 hours in and I'm not bored of it at all, people don't like the combat but I find it very engaging. I started the game on hard mode so in the beginning I was lucky to survive 2 hits. I can survive more hits but bruh, if I get comboed thats no bueno for my health. I got the upgrade to Quen where he makes a shield around himself and recovers some hp for every time the shield gets hit.... bro, that spell is a godsend, I was running low of food, money, and ingredients to keep making swallow. Now i can keep the swallows for bosses and shit.

 

[Turfster]

The main problem with Witcher 3 is that after the first bit there is zero incentive to actually do any of the side quests, since they 99% of the time give you nothing worthwhile, reward-wise.
"Okay, you killed all the monsters and slogged around the whole fucking countryside, here's 5xp"

 

[Parsnip]

Also, 47's face looks less weird in these shots than what came out of E3.
Looks gooooooooooood.

 

[spindoctor]

The main problem with Witcher 3 is that after the first bit there is zero incentive to actually do any of the side quests, since they 99% of the time give you nothing worthwhile, reward-wise.
"Okay, you killed all the monsters and slogged around the whole fucking countryside, here's 5xp"

Doing the side quests can reward you with decent gear upgrades. It's kind of moot once you get into the cycle of upgrading your Witcher sets, but there is good gear to be found nonetheless. You also get all the bomb/potion recipes and upgrades by exploring the game world. And of course a fuck ton of crafting materials and stuff you can sell for money.

The XP curve is definitely messed up but it's an understandable problem. They need to balance the game for those who just do the main story and perhaps a few side quests. The more you do personally, the farther ahead you get in terms of leveling up. The solution to this would be level scaling but nobody wants that shit.

 

[dex3108]

Poor WB devs working on Batman AK Patch even on Sunday. They changed Zep-MS17_0.04-WBQA-PC_1088437-07_03_2015_Auto to Zep-MS17_0.04-WBQA-PC-FullPatch_1088440-07_03_2015_Auto so we could get new patch today or tomorrow.

 

[SSPssp]

Poor WB devs working on Batman AK Patch even on Sunday. They changed Zep-MS17_0.04-WBQA-PC_1088437-07_03_2015_Auto to Zep-MS17_0.04-WBQA-PC-FullPatch_1088440-07_03_2015_Auto so we could get new patch today or tomorrow.

I hope they fix enough for me to dip my toes into the pool!