Can you name an indie game that had absolutely NO marketing or hype or buzz around it whatsoever before it came out, but it still exploded in popularity and became a massive financial success?What caused it to blow up?Is the answer always "a popular streamer played it" or are there other things that can cause this phenomenon to occur?
undertale
vampire survivors >Is the answer always "a popular streamer played it"no, something like astlibra got relatively popular just by being a good enough game that word of mouth carried it but it took a while for it to become more successful that way. amogus got popular after it was already out for a while due to streamers though, that's probably the greatest example.
I feel like Shotgun Roulette manifested out of nowhere and got popular purely through word of mouth, with no trailers or marketing push behind it.Was I just living under a rock and missed a bunch of marketing?
flappy bird is the only genuine, honest, pure example of a real word of mouth success story. there were no twitch streamers when that game released>>738005192people already knew toby from that gay webcomic and he had a kikestarter>>738005396>>738005283streamers made it popular
>>738005958>streamers made it populari don't think streamers helped astlibra much at all?
So everybody says indies only blow up because of streamers but what causes a streamer to play a particular game in the first place? Like if your indie is unknown and unplayed by anyone why does some random ass streamer find it and make it popular? Are streamers really just gamers with elite tastes better than the average pleb who know about the hidden gems before the masses?
>>738003891it blows up because its pushed by store algo
>>738006105They pay the streamer to play their games. Thats when it’s time to change the channel.
Happy Wheels
I know a game that meets the OP's criteria, but saying its name sends /v/ flying into a rage
Flappy Bird takes me back, and before anyone assumes my generation I was born in 1995, so do with that what you will.
Onirism
Expedition 33
>>738006105Some variety streamers actually go looking for obscure shit or take any recommendations from their handful of viewers because they want to be patient 0 for a new cultural phenomenon since competing for views in a super saturated game will be a fools errand.
>>738005992astlibra isn't popular at all. i meant vampire shitvivors
>>738007279The only reason I remember Flappy Bird is because after it got popular, my co-workers at the video game company I worked at started discussing making a ripoff to capitalize on its popularity.I was born in 1988
>>738003891>Is the answer always "a popular streamer played it" Yes, now pay up piggie
>>738008479The fact that people "donate" money to a professional shill despite him raking in more than a median worker's salary for an hour of "work" is proof that the economy is all bullshit.
>>738003891Among Us
Battlebit
Does it count if an indie dev makes a game without any sort of marketing budget whatsoever and then big YouTubers just start to play it on their own without any financial incentive?
>>738008479>file.png>randomly post about asmongoldRent free. You will always be a poor retarded reddit communist.
>>738008479I have 98,000 subs on YouTube, how much could I charge to play some indie dev's shitty game?
