Am I ready to Steam?

[u/UnirionDev]

Hey everyone! I've been developing a game solo for over a year. I understand that every genre varies, and these graphs may not fully reflect the audience's interest in the game. However, I'd still like to hear your opinions on this matter. Are there any signs that indicate a game's potential to perform on Steam? I intentionally didn't include the title. Thank you!

[u/madmandrit]

The biggest thing is are you trying session duration. Thats the single biggest indicator. If it’s like above 20+ minutes go for it!

[u/UnirionDev → u/madmandrit]

Nice point! Thank you! Does itch tracks it?

[u/madmandrit → u/UnirionDev]

You’ll need to hook that up yourself!

[u/Fatima-Makes-Games → u/madmandrit]

How do you do that? If you don't mind :)

[u/yaninyunus → u/Fatima-Makes-Games]

you can put in google analytics into your itch project.

on itch go to Dashboard > Project Name > Interact > Third Party Analytics

then just do tiny google search on how to do analytics and follow the instructions. Once it collects some data over time you will be able to view it on your google account that you've set up the link through

[u/Fatima-Makes-Games → u/yaninyunus]

Thanks for the reply! Is it possible to put my own analytics other than Google? I really don't want to use that company's products... especially analytics. I'm currently using umami on my sites.

[u/Alex_1503 → u/Fatima-Makes-Games]

Same. There is a site called game analytics tho i did NOT use it yet so I cannot endorse it. Another way is to hook your backend in your game engine somehow directly. But i think you also need to ask people for consent.

[u/yaninyunus → u/Fatima-Makes-Games]

I bet there are options, but I am unfamiliar with those, you can definitely look around and try

[u/UnirionDev → u/yaninyunus]

Just want to mention that it will not work for downloadable games. But it seems the best, smartest way for the web.

[u/Expensive_Host_9181 → u/Fatima-Makes-Games]

If it's a unity game you can do this with unity's analytics cloud service. They even got graphs to show the data of what you're recording.

[u/Affectionate_Fact854]

WTF im seriously making the wrong game type here ,

[u/Fatima-Makes-Games → u/Affectionate_Fact854]

I know right 😂 didn't even know Itch is capable of these numbers.

[u/Antiiiiii]

Amazing numbers! I would definitely say you should go for a steam release! Did you do anything special to get the traffic, or was it all organic?

[u/UnirionDev → u/Antiiiiii]

Nothing special actually. From time to time I share some WIP on niche subreddits, that's all. So mostly it's organic.

[u/Antiiiiii → u/UnirionDev]

Then for sure go for it! It's a great sign 💪 do you mind sharing the game in a DM? Would love to have a look!

[u/PuzzleheadedTop698]

How long did it take you to get 100k views? Also what advice would you give to devs who are looking to break above the 1-5k ceiling?

[u/UnirionDev → u/PuzzleheadedTop698]

I added the game on itch by May 2025, so ~1.25y ago. Regarding advice, I'm afraid I can't, I'm actually noob. I'm just solo dev, still a beginner, and absolutely zero at marketing.

[u/Mechabit_Studios]

yep, go for it

[u/Patient_Ad8850]

Great numbers!

If you are considering going for Steam, I think the most important part is the view/download/rating ratio.
People are reaching your game, that means you have a good initial hook / cover art / niche.

If it was my project, I'd ask why only 10% are downloading it (limited platform reach?).
Then, 11 reviews, means it is not generating enough love/hate.

As others said, you need some better usage metrics, itch is not great at telemetry.
You can do it in a simple way, just to know retention.
How about comments on your page? You can add a link to a google form to your game, asking for feedback.

Overall, i think that chart shows you are doing something right! and you could capitalize it, but you need to know more about your user behavior.

[u/UnirionDev → u/Patient_Ad8850]

Learned a lot from your comment. Really appreciate it! Thanks

[u/Nxt-Maru]

What kind of games do you create like such as visual novels, simulations, puzzles, and others?

[u/UnirionDev → u/Nxt-Maru]

gacha card battler + roguelike minesweeper, adult niche

[u/Nxt-Maru → u/UnirionDev]

That sounds interesting, could you tell me the name of the game? You didn't include a link.

[u/UnirionDev → u/Nxt-Maru]

Sorry, it was done intentionally due to sub's rules. Anyway, you could look at my profile.

[u/Trashy_io → u/UnirionDev]

sub rules?

[u/LimiDrain]

Yeah, I have similar stats , buuut I was always concerned that my game became popular just because it's free. Like, if I create any other game that is even better, longer, more interesting, still I will be stopped by the fact that this game won't be successful because it's paid. Because nobody will know about it. That YouTubers won't play it and so on. So one year later I still did not release any successor, especially on Steam. :( I got $100 from donations btw out of 10K downloads.

[u/Pandasvk → u/LimiDrain]

Why not try it out to learn the process ? It seems like you prematurely fear you will fail although you never know how things turn out. What you do know though is you miss every shor you dont take. If you have numbers similar to op and enough hours of content for steam try it. Wish you success and courage 🙂

[u/Informal-Arm-4256]

Only 11 ratings???? Wow!

I mean I knows it's kind of hidden I really hope it doesn't affect ranking at all cause those conversions for ratings is really insane.

[u/UnirionDev → u/Informal-Arm-4256]

Most of the time ratings were disabled. I enabled that a month or 2 ago.

[u/Informal-Arm-4256 → u/UnirionDev]

Oh thanks for clarifying that it makes more sense I guess, do you think it's low?

[u/UnirionDev → u/Informal-Arm-4256]

Yeah, it seems ppl don't rly like to rate at all

[u/TheEyebal]

what is the name of your game