https://seeindie.com/Practical marketing for independent game developers—through clear explanations, useful tools and experiments shared honestly.https://seeindie.com/blog/when-to-make-your-steam-page/https://seeindie.com/blog/when-to-make-your-steam-page/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMTThe usual answer is “as early as possible”, and it's only half right. Behind your release date sits a chain of Valve's own deadlines — and two things you can't take back once the page is up.https://seeindie.com/blog/crit-pick-three-weeks-of-social/https://seeindie.com/blog/crit-pick-three-weeks-of-social/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMTHistorical Crit Pick observations: platform views, attributed visits and search changes, with the limits of each measurement explained.https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-event-calendar/https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-event-calendar/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMTSteam event planning for indie developers. The 2026 calendar is historical; check edition-specific deadlines and your own app eligibility.https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-page-audit-checklist/https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-page-audit-checklist/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMTI don't start with an opinion, I start with a list. The checks I go through on a Steam page, in the order I go through them, and the three judgement calls no checklist can make.https://seeindie.com/blog/search-console-ai-report/https://seeindie.com/blog/search-console-ai-report/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMTWhat indie developers can measure in Search Console, how Google reports AI search traffic, and where attribution and visibility claims stop.https://seeindie.com/blog/263-articles-ten-days/https://seeindie.com/blog/263-articles-ten-days/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMTWhat happened after a large publishing sprint on Crit Pick, with the sample limits, reporting windows and unresolved explanations made clear.https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-playtest/https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-playtest/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMTA Playtest is for data. A demo is for wishlists. What a Steam Playtest actually is, the two switches that catch people out, and when release override keys are the better route.https://seeindie.com/blog/devlog/https://seeindie.com/blog/devlog/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMTSeven documented places a Steam update appears, five front-page rounds per game for its entire life, and the honest answer on wishlists.https://seeindie.com/blog/ubersuggest-vs-semrush/https://seeindie.com/blog/ubersuggest-vs-semrush/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:57:24 GMTFour historical keyword-tool comparisons: matching outputs, changed difficulty scores and the limits of applying the results to an indie game.https://seeindie.com/blog/semrush-review/https://seeindie.com/blog/semrush-review/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:57:09 GMTHistorical Semrush test observations and optional toolkit costs, with a practical question: does your studio need a paid SEO suite at all?https://seeindie.com/blog/ubersuggest-review/https://seeindie.com/blog/ubersuggest-review/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:56:50 GMTShould you buy Ubersuggest? Tested against Semrush over 125 keywords, checked on a site with no audience, with the part of the lifetime plan the pricing page buries. Three verdicts, one per experience level.https://seeindie.com/blog/marketing-feels-gross/https://seeindie.com/blog/marketing-feels-gross/Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMTMaking the game is fine. Posting about it is not. What the research says the cringe is actually detecting, and the three things I am not going to tell you.https://seeindie.com/blog/crit-pick-eight-weeks/https://seeindie.com/blog/crit-pick-eight-weeks/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMTAn early Crit Pick checkpoint: cumulative search figures, uneven page results and the conclusions those observations cannot support.https://seeindie.com/blog/brand-serp/https://seeindie.com/blog/brand-serp/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMTCheck what someone finds when searching for your game or studio, and make sure the correct project is easy to identify.https://seeindie.com/blog/game-press-kit/https://seeindie.com/blog/game-press-kit/Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMTA practical game press kit: clear facts, accessible assets, current links and contact details, without promising coverage or sales.https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-next-fest/https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-next-fest/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMTPrepare an indie game for Steam Next Fest. The October example is historical; use current edition deadlines and eligibility for your next entry.https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-capsule-art/https://seeindie.com/blog/steam-capsule-art/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMTA practical readability check for Steam capsule art: representative visuals, a legible name and the distinction between display and upload sizes.https://seeindie.com/blog/crit-pick-month-two/https://seeindie.com/blog/crit-pick-month-two/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMTA historical Crit Pick build log about page structure and internal links, with the planned mechanisms kept separate from measured results.https://seeindie.com/blog/website-not-showing-up-on-google/https://seeindie.com/blog/website-not-showing-up-on-google/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:57:18 GMTNot indexed and not ranking look identical and share almost no fixes. How to tell which one you have, in about five minutes.https://seeindie.com/blog/grow-a-discord-server/https://seeindie.com/blog/grow-a-discord-server/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMTDecide whether your indie game needs a Discord server, give players a reason to return and allow time for moderation.