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[–] 11 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

10 reviews means like 500-1000 sales. The vast majority of people dont leave reviews. Not much, especially for low priced games, but also not nothing. As long as you enjoyed the game making process and didnt invest anything except for time its not really an issue.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    10 reviews means the developer has some combination of the following:

    • friends/family/classmates
    • developers on the actual game
    • multiple Steam accounts with the same owner

    10 is essentially 0 and cannot be extrapolated into sales.

    I agree that if game development is a hobby and not a career, this isn't a problem for those developers.

    I also submit that if you are attempting to make money from your efforts and don't yet have a following, and can't afford a marketing budget, and have actually made something unique, interesting, or otherwise worthwhile, it is more difficult to stand out in a market whose signal to noise ratio is continuously and exponentially growing noisier.

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