ALT STEAM DEV CHEAT SHEET WIP version 2! What else should be in here? THE DISCOVERY ALGORITHM Maximize your game's placement in Steam widgets! Earn 7,000+ wishlists before launch (some folks say you need 10-50k!!) Translate your Steam page (start with Japanese, Chinese, Korean) Get 10+ reviews ASAP (positive or negative, just need 10) STEAM CAPSULE The single most IMPORTANT element since it's seen the most Clear, Readable, Game name, Genre It's worth the $ to hire an artist! WISHLISTS About 10% of wishlists could convert to sales in the first week (this number varies wildly!). ALL wishlisters are emailed at launch! Discount 20%+ to email wishlisters after launch. STEAM'S MAGIC FORMULAS Beware these numbers are ROUGH! They just give us guesses about the data. One review represents about 20-55 sales. It's the New Boxleiter Number! ~30 is good So 100 reviews = about 3,000 copies sold, Guesstimate wishlist counts: Followers x10 = wishlists Sorry out of room Matt Hackett valadria.com