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Dispatches from the survey: the genres running hot, the openings hiding in one-star reviews, and honest reads on what a small team could actually build.
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Deckbuilders: the audience wants depth, not more cards
Roguelike deckbuilders are crowded — but the mixed-rated ones fail for a reason the leaders solved years ago. That gap is still open.
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Cozy has a demand problem competitors keep botching
The cozy audience is enormous, loyal, and repeatedly let down by the same missteps. That combination is the clearest buy signal on...
The one-star review is a spec sheet
Negative reviews aren't noise to filter out. Read at scale, they are the most honest product spec a maker will ever get — for free...
Ten fishing-sim openings hiding in mixed reviews
Fishing sims sell — and then break in the same three places. Here are ten games whose players stayed for the water and left over t...