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Austin Wood

Steam expert hails PC gaming "golden age" of rough-but-fun games that devs can make quickly and players love, from Peak to Megabonk: "Steam players want fun first"

Megabonk low poly monkey.

For all the contraction and hardship in the games industry, Steam expert, indie dev, and marketing consultant Chris Zukowski reckons we've entered a new "golden age" of indie games and "most developers don't realize it" because it's largely been propelled by tighter, tinier hits.

In a blog post, Zukowski likens this intersection of player appetite, agile ideas, and proven trends to a "Great Conjunction" planetary alignment.

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