CEO of Manor Lords and Against the Storm publisher says publishers should not be trying to 'break even at the expense of developers' and should be willing to take a loss because they can afford to 'spread the risk'

Manor Lords promo art - knight on horseback looking at a medieval village in the distance, viewed from behind.

Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender believes that, while there are a lot of issues facing PC developers, discoverability on Steam is not one of them. "I've seen a lot of people argue that right now lack of discoverability is a fundamental problem for PC games, but I disagree," he writes on LinkedIn.

The publisher has become one of the most prolific—certainly within strategy and management games—with its recent releases including 9 Kings, Cataclismo, Endless Legend 2 and Manor Lords. It's also got good instincts: a significant number of its published games have gone on to be critical and commercial successes.