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📊 New VGI report just dropped on Steam wishlists in 2025.
If you're launching a game on Steam, this is a must-read.
Here are the key insights you should know 🧵
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #Steam
RT @cgameawards: 🚨 @TheRedBarrels joins the Eh! Game Showcase at the Canadian Game Awards
Celebrate 15 years of Outlast and revisit one o…
Dmitry Afanasev retweeted
" So we built SteamBuddy over the weekend: paste any Steam URL, get a full audit in 60 seconds.
It scores:
Capsule art (can you even read it at small size?)
Page copy (does it actually explain what you DO in the game?)
Tags and discoverability
Screenshots and wishlist conversion
How you stack up against similar games
No fluff, no pats on the back. 100% free report + you can get a PDF version by email.
steambuddy.games.gg
" #gamedevs
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🇨🇦 The nominees are coming.
March 31.
#CGA26 #CanadianGameAwards
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Eh! Game Expo is coming to Kingston 🇨🇦🔥
🎮Tournaments
🕹 Free play
🎭Cosplay
🛍 Vendors & artists
Featuring Smash, Rivals 2, Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, GGST, 2XKO + more
📅 July 3–5
📍 Slush Puppie Place
👇 Tickets, registration & full details
eventbrite.ca/e/eh-game-expo…
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Montreal based @WoodRunnerGames has released the demo of CROAK 👑🐸
We’re featuring Canadian games at #SteamNextFest, and this fast paced platformer lets you grapple and pinball through chaotic, shifting environments with over the top boss fights.
Try the demo on Steam!
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A new Canadian indie studio has launched 🇨🇦
North Peak Entertainment (@NorthPeak_B), founded by Brendon “Bo” Bauman (@Doodle_Viking) in Ottawa, begins development on its debut title Misfit Company.
Bauman is a former Art Director on Halo Infinite and Art Lead on R6 Siege.
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The Caribou Trail Demo Reveal is live at #SteamNextFest!
From Montreal based @UnNa_Games, this first person narrative experience set during Gallipoli blends psychological horror, folklore, and real testimonies.
Play the demo on Steam and experience the story firsthand 🔥
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At Eh Game Jam, ideas move fast ⚡
Teams built in Unreal Engine 5 using high performance machines powered by @msigaming_canada and @intel 💻
Thank you for supporting the next generation of Canadian game devs 🇨🇦🎮
#msigaming #msi #msicanada #Intel #EhGameJam
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During Eh Game Jam, @ellimity caught up with Tristan Hafkenscheid about building under 48 hour pressure 🎮⚡
Thanks to our partners @UnrealEngine, @msicanada, @intelcanada, @craftpix_net, NPC Hub and @PursuitOCR for powering the experience!
#msigaming #msi #msicanada
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Echo Generation 2 Official Demo Trailer is here 🎮
From Toronto based @cococucumberco, Winner Best Indie Game at the Canadian Game Awards 2022!
The demo is now live on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest.
#EchoGeneration2 #SteamNextFest #IndieGame #PlayCanadian
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After months working in the shadows… meet Curse of Resthaven.
A gothic horror mystery where you govern a cursed island trapped in a time loop while searching for your missing niece.
If it’s your kind of weird, please wishlist!
store.steampowered.com/app/3…
More dev secrets soon.
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Huge thanks to the partners powering Eh! Game Jam (Feb 20–22, 2026) 🎮⚡
Key sponsor: @UnrealEngine 🚀
Hardware support: @MSICanada 💻
Prize sponsor: @craftpix_net🧩🏆
Grateful to work with partners investing in the next generation of Canadian game dev talent 🇨🇦
#GameJam
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Huge thanks to Hardware Partners powering Eh! Game Jam⚡
Appreciate @MSICanada and @intelcanada for providing the high performance equipment that helps our participants build in just 48 hours
Grateful to work with partners investing in the next generation of Canadian devs! 🇨🇦
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🎮🇨🇦 Big news for Canadian games!
The Canadian Game Awards are partnering with @XPGamingInc starting in 2026 and this year’s Gala will take place in May in Toronto alongside the global game industry.
More details coming soon!
#CanadianGameAwards #CGA2026 #XP26
📈 We just got 50+ Steam wishlists from a single post on r/PixelArt without posting any links!
What worked:
✅ A/B format
✅ Hand-crafted pixel art
✅ Simple, visual, low-friction engagement ("What do you think?")
✅ Reddit-native tone
Make it feel like a devlog, not a pitch!
🧱 Our artist recreated his actual living room setup… and made the in-game TV playable! #pixelart
Yes, you can play our game inside our game, on his real-life TV 😄📺
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UvsU now has over 32k wishlists, and most of it are thanks to @gameralphabeta who made a reel / ytshort / tiktok / tweet about it that got super viral, got the ball rolling so now other people make content about it!!!
This is insane honestly
Our new playtest is finally live 🎉, and we invite you to roll one more boulder in your life! #indiegame
Choose the boulder of your liking 🪨, set the scenery and soundtrack, and roll it actively or passively
Playtest Imagine Sisyphus Happy here: store.steampowered.com/app/3…
