The latest Steam store redesign is here, and while the majority of you have "no strong feelings" about it so far according to our poll, it's a different story on social media—some indie developers are worried that the new "Popular Upcoming" page, which prioritizes games with more buzz than it did previously, will hurt indie visibility.
One particularly viral post on X from publisher of the indie game Skyshard, RegisKillbin, says that the page used to list games in release order, "as long as you had enough wishlists to make the cut (~6k to 7k)," but now favors "far more large games from major companies … the lowest wishlist count on there right now is 80k."
You can still select "release date" as the sorting criteria from a drop-down menu, but the page is turning up lots of heavy hitters right now by default—The Adventures of Elliot, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, and NBA The Run are all in the top 10 when sorted by relevance, and none of those games remain when you sort by release dat...
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