03 — Gamedev Pro Tip
One tip at a time.
A numbered series we run on X, one post a day. Each one takes a single claim about making and shipping games and argues it out. All of them are here, in English and Turkish.
04 — X
It goes out on X first.
A new tip most days, in Turkish. The English translation lands here.
A 50-item checklist for your Steam store page
Holidays do not give new games free visibility
Marketing before your page exists creates your own competitors
Your wishlist count means less every year
Your competition is not the games launching this month
You get one Next Fest, and what it pays is set before you enter
Your Steam page is not a description, it is an offer
UTM and CTR tell you almost nothing
Tags pick your neighbours, not your description
Don’t memorise Steam, learn how it works
A release date chosen without the sale calendar is the wrong date
The 10 review threshold matters to players, not to the algorithm
Make your first Steam game a game jam game
Don’t fight the metas, ride them