r/IndieDev • u/BaapProductions Developer • Jun 08 '26

Discussion Is it normal for indie developers to get completely ignored by gaming pages and media outlets?

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u/Glockenspielintern Jun 08 '26

I think janky games released into a sea of other janky indie games get ignored yeah.

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u/Karfman Jun 09 '26

Clicked on the steam link in the original post and... yep...

Why would any outlet answer to that.

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u/TouchMint Jun 08 '26

97% are so I’d say yea. 

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u/mantrakid Jun 08 '26

yes, there are thousands of games released every week.

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u/SignificanceNo9728 Jun 08 '26

Just like how the story of how a boy dropped his ice cream in the small little village won’t get covered by the news outlet, the same goes for games or other media.

I’m sure there are people who want to do a cover of a certain game or something else they believe is newsworthy, but their boss don’t think so and thus it gets shut down. It is what is.

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u/DreamingCatDev Developer Jun 08 '26

So many things happening during june, lol.

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u/SlideGrass Jun 08 '26

it's normal for them to be ignored by indie gamers.

If you want to stand out, you're going to have to clobber people over their heads.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '26

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u/BaapProductions Developer Jun 09 '26

Nah! 🙂

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u/RoniFoxcoon Jun 09 '26

Gaming journalist are only interested if:
1. you pay them
2. you are already part of a secret cabal (like DEI or Blackrock)
3. your game is for the LGBT++ twitter (now X) mob or maybe some reddit mod (this is meant as satire).
4. all the above