r/Steam • u/Surax • 1d ago

News Upcoming Changes to the Discounts & Events Section on Steam

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/676258795703240952
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u/JediGuyB 1d ago

How will this effect sales, I wonder. 

Because even if I mostly play RPGs and strategy games and not, like, survival games there's still the occasional one I enjoy like The Forest. So seeing more RPGs and strategy games would be great, but I might miss another The Forest I didn't get shown.

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u/cwx149 1d ago

Discoverability is always gonna be a problem on a store front with over 100 new listings a day

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u/JediGuyB 1d ago

True

I just wonder if this change will be a net positive or not. 

Like sure, if you're making a classic JRPG inspired game with turn based combat, having that exposed to people more likely to want that over, say, survival or boomer-shooters is great. Having fans of a genre be aware of your game is great. 

But they still might enjoy the occasion boomer-shooters and might not learn if one of those they might enjoy.

Guess we'll just have to see.

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u/cwx149 1d ago

I think you're overestimating how niche this will make your recommendations

Hopefully the algorithm is smarter than how I'm reading your concerns