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How do i make my game popular

A topic by Souls Nightmare created 11 days ago Views: 320 Replies: 19
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My main question is how do i make my game popular, make all people reach my game atleast see my game. I want my games to be popular like really popular. Atleast it should be on the front page (these are all my hopes). I have made new game https://soulsnightmare.itch.io/the-silent-one. If you have any advice, share with me :)

Thanks
Soul's Nightmare

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As explained in lots and lots of topics, featured games on the front page are hand-picked by staff. And my advice is always the same: be active in the community. Don't just advertise, talk to people. That's how you make them want to check out your games too.

I get about the featured games, but how do I get to the "top games"??

Moderator

I'm not sure. You probably have to be very popular.

How?

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That's what every creator on itch.io would like to know, but there's no easy answer. It takes work, patience and luck. You just published your third game less than a day ago. Give it time. And do some promotion work. Have a website. Use social media. But mostly talk to people like I already told you.

Thanks, but just tell me, which is the most visited page on itch.io (what you think) top games or new-and-popular?

Moderator

I don't know. It probably depends on the player. Worry less about that and more about making a good game with a nice page so you can attract people.

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I am afraid I have to worry, because that's the ONLY masterpeice that i could make

and btw, how do you feel my game is?

Moderator

I don't know, I haven't tried it. Why ask me? Try the Get Feedback category.

I mean can't I just talk to an admin to try my game, I just want it alive for a long time.

Moderator

You can ping the official itch.io accounts on X and Mastodon with a link to your game, and if staff likes it, they'll boost your post. What does that have to do with the game being alive? What do you mean by that?

you see, some games after few days, becomes forgotten. That's what I don't what that it should happen to my game

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So, have a website, use social media, talk to people and remind them of your game. Otherwise of course it could be missed among literally a million others.

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hey, did my game got featured for few mins? 

how do i make my game popular, make all people reach my game atleast see my game

Advertisement. Actual, real advertisement. With a budget. A big budget.

But to be really popular, you need to have a very good game. I "saw" your game's page. It does not interest me. Exploration horror games are a dime a dozen. The genre was once midly interesting when playing Slender Man but the novelty factor quickly faded for me.

Horror games being "popular" on Itch, does not mean that horror is popular everywhere and it does not mean that all horror games on Itch are popular. It means you will compete with all the other horror games.

If we assume you are an average skilled developer and story teller (which already is over the average combined in one person), there would still be about 600 better horror games released the last 30 days. https://itch.io/games/last-30-days/tag-horror . Oh, seems your game is quite high on the list. About 40/1200. So maybe you should give advice on how to have a popular game to the 1100 games below your's in popular ranking. In 2024 there were  about 17000 horror games released on Itch. https://itch.io/games/tag-horror/year-2024 ... To put that into perspective, the entire Steam catalogue only has about 16000 horror games.

And seriously, do people really write like that? Your profile I mean. It is AI generated, is it not? Were there once marketing people that phrased like that, and the ais copied that? Or did you write that? At Soul's Nightmare, we specialize in developing spine-tingling horror games that push the boundaries of fear. From eerie atmospheres to heart-pounding gameplay, we aim to deliver unforgettable moments of terror. It promises everything and tells nothing. Empty marketing babble.

Oh, and you should have a demo for your paid game. This is Itch and not Steam.

Oh, thanks, finally something useful.

I guess in practical terms your best bet might be attracting youtubers and other streamers to play your game. But honestly you are doing rather good, considering just how much horror games are released every month. There is some kind of critical point where streamers would seek out your game to get popular. You can see that happening in comment sections of page 1 games. And you are already on page 2 - of the 30 days segment at least.