Staff Writer
Sam Ito
Sam writes about small studios and the games they ship against the odds, and turns the hardest parts of them into guides that get to the point.
Progression Guide
WARDOGS progression guide: cash, role tracks and what to buy first
BULKHEAD rewrote the XP curve and vendor prices the day before launch, so here is what to spend your first $10,000 on and which track to level.
Indie
Paralives: seven years of Patreon funding, a million copies in 30 days
Alex Massé quit his job in 2019 to build a Sims rival. Paralives hit a million Steam sales 30 days after its Early Access launch on 25 May 2026.
Indie
How to Fish hit one million players two days after its $7.99 launch
Dazed Games is two people in Skövde, Sweden. Their $7.99 co-op fishing game passed a million players within two days of its 20 August launch.