Youtube Critic who reviews obscure indie games wonders why those games are obscure

Weird little niche games are just that, niche. Not everyone is going to like them and buy them, but people that like those types of games already know where to look for them.

There were a lot of weird little games back in the day when computer gaming was seen as a strange little hobby and not everyone had one. Hell, I remember a couple games that tried to educate people on brain surgery. Indie games are just like the games of the 80s and 90s. They have the freedom to make games that are really weird and out there, some times it works, most times not. You also can't make everyone love these types of games. Ape Escape is really fun though, everyone needs to play Ape Escape.
 
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Nekromantik said:
Weird little niche games are just that, niche. Not everyone is going to like them and buy them, but people that like those types of games already know where to look for them.

There were a lot of weird little games back in the day when computer gaming was seen as a strange little hobby and not everyone had one. Hell, I remember a couple games that tried to educate people on brain surgery. Indie games are just like the games of the 80s and 90s. They have the freedom to make games that are really weird and out there, some times it works, most times not. You also can't make everyone love these types of games. Ape Escape is really fun though, everyone needs to play Ape Escape.
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Not only that but everyone and their granddad can make a game now. Anyone can shit out a ren'py, RPG maker, or Game Maker title without needing to know much coding if any, and that's not counting the flood of asset flips or obvious shovelware that makes it onto Steam.

A game has to "stand out" in that flood to succeed somehow. This can take the form of either pandering to a specific demographic, viraling (such as chan threads and giving copies to streamers), or in some cases even being intentionally shitty so people talk about it (Meme Run, "simulator" games, games designed for streamers, etc.)
 
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