[flankstaek]

What confuses me is their reluctance to attempt to use other third party distributors (itch.io, GOG, etc.) when Steam clearly isn't working in their favor.

[TheGRS]

That's addressed in the article, its still not as big of a revenue source.

[jkchu]

Although the author did mention this in the article. I still wonder how much some of these indie games would benefit from partnering with a marketing consultant. Listing a game on steam is basically free marketing for the game. The author mentions only 1% of his sales are from direct sales. I wonder how much having an experienced marketing pro could improve that percentage.

[wccrawford]

That's because despite all the complaining about Steam changing things, it's still far better than all other ways of selling their game.

Personally, I think Steam is correct to change their algorithm whenever they think it'll help the buyers find games that suit them better.

It's also very possible that other developers have seen a bump in sales that correspond with the decline for this developer.

[llukas]

For start: to get on GOG your game cannot be shovwelware. I buy from GOG first.