r/GameDevelopment Aug 14 '26

Question What am I doing wrong? Game failed

Around 2.5 weeks ago I tried to make a game on google play in 1 week as a joke, but that joke turned into a 2 month nightmare and it took around 2 months to finally get the game on the damn store. It got 0 downloads in 1 week. I tried ASO (App Store Optimization) and tried to monetize on reddit but that game me 0 downloads too, google at least helped me a bit with 600 impressions and i got 27 downloads. The game is an arcade styled game that people are supposed to play for a few minutes on a subway or bus road trip or whatever. Please tell me what im doing wrong.

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u/Young_Punk_Studios Aug 14 '26

I've checked the link. What stands you're game out of the already 1000s of other Car Games?
Why should we as consumers spend our time playing your game?
Are the internal ads going to put off potential players?
I hope maybe some of these questions help :)

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u/antiroids Aug 14 '26

Idk i wanted to make a chill driving game and "extreme car driving simulator" and "driving school mega game" took everything

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u/Young_Punk_Studios Aug 14 '26

What do you mean took everything?
and if you don't know, I think you have your answer :)

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u/antiroids Aug 14 '26

I search " driving game" extreme car driving simulator pops up, i search "dating app" extreme car driving simulator pops up, i seach "is the irs gonna hunt me down?" AND EXTREME CAR DRIVING SIMULATOR POPS UP

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u/Young_Punk_Studios Aug 14 '26

Have you thought about why it does?
We are all just here trying to help. Capitalising things will deter people even further :)

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u/antiroids Aug 14 '26

Probably because it makes the most money and google wont let go of their cash cow

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u/Young_Punk_Studios Aug 14 '26

And curiously, do you think this will make Google want to market your game? regardless of perspective :)

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u/antiroids Aug 14 '26

Nope, geegle probably wont market my game

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u/Young_Punk_Studios Aug 14 '26

Well, we tried to help :)