How many wishlists rank you on Steam's top 'hype' charts?
Looking at Steam's 'top wishlists' chart by real numbers. Also: this week in debuts & lots of news!
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & company founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]
Welcome to Friday, folks. We’re finishing off the week in style, with a) new research on Steam wishlist rankings b) a detailed analysis of PC and console debuts of note c) a whole buncha relevant and notable links from game platforms & discovery!
Oh, and before we get started, how adorable is this mini-pilot for Untitled Goose Programme, an idea for an Untitled Goose Game TV/streaming spinoff made by Davey "Swatpaz" Ferguson - and many others - in 2021? (Spoiler: it’s pretty adorable.)
How many wishlists rank you on Steam’s charts?
So, if you’re an unreleased Steam game of a certain size, you appear on a special Steam page ranking, called ‘top wishlists’. And one question we’ve been asked is - how many do you need to chart in or top this list? Well, we’ve got an answer…