A new analysis of 100,000 Steam titles exposes how wide the budget gap really is:

💰 Average budgets (2022–2025)
➡️Indie (Kei): $65K
➡️Midi: 14x higher
➡️AA: 33x higher
➡️AAA: up to $700M (Black Ops: Cold War), nearly 9x Spider-Man: Miles Morales

⚙️ Engines
Godot surged after Unity’s pricing fiasco. Unreal dominates big projects while open-source and custom engines fill the edges.

🎨 2D vs 3D: 3D games cost 16x more
👥 Multiplayer: only 16% of games but half of those above $10M
🏢 Publishers: increase budgets 3–4x, often less efficiently

Game development now costs more than Hollywood blockbusters. Making games has become both art and financial warfare.

After months of silence, Roblox contacted Schlep, the creator who ran sting operations to catch predators on its platform, to discuss a possible return. The move came after public backlash, lawsuits from several U.S. states, and a sharp drop in its stock.

Schlep says he refused, claiming the issue was never about his ban but about Roblox’s lack of safety measures for minors. The company insists his actions violated its rules against impersonation and entrapment, while critics argue the ban silenced efforts to expose ongoing child safety failures.

This was never about me getting unbanned. It was about the victims, the players, the community that has been neglected forever.

🆓 Before: €6.99 now FREE on Steam 🎮 until Nov 13, 2025 at 19:00 CEST
🎭 Genre: #Action · #Shooter · #Western · #Indie

Welcome to 1873, where dust, blood, and revenge rule the land. You play as a Mexican fugitive escaping through the deserts between Texas and Mexico, armed only with a revolver, a hat, and a bounty on your head.

Each shot must be cocked manually, every move matters, and a single mistake can end it all. The hand-drawn black and white art bursts into crimson chaos with every gunfight, creating a brutal comic brought to life.

Fast, stylish, unforgiving. If Hotline Miami wore a cowboy hat, this would be it.

🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/410110/12_is_Better_Than_6/

What was expected to be “just more of the same” turned out to be Obsidian’s best RPG in years: massive planets, deeper builds, hilarious side quests, and combat that actually feels great.

💬 It feels like the best Bethesda-style RPG in 15 years, with tighter writing, smarter systems, and a tone that finally hits the right balance.

If you miss that New Vegas-style charm but want modern gameplay, this is it.

🆓 Before: €4.99 now FREE on Steam 🎮 until Nov 10, 2025 at 19:00 CEST
🎭 Genre: #Indie · #Action · #Puzzle

Ever felt like one world isn’t enough? In OneShift, you jump, swap, and spin through dimensions while dodging spikes, bombs, and teleport traps, all to grab a single glowing blue cube. Sounds easy? Wait until the world starts rotating.

A fast, slick, and oddly addictive platformer built for speedrunners and chaos enjoyers. With 90 handcrafted levels, 126 achievements, and just the right amount of madness.

🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/862740/OneShift/

🆓 Before: €8.99 now FREE on Steam 🎮 until Nov 9, 2025 at 19:00 CEST
🎭 Genre: #Adventure · #Indie · #Horror

Wake up from a nightmare to find your home consumed by darkness. Play as Bulb Boy, a glowing-headed kid on a quest to save his family from twisted monsters hiding in the shadows. Solve puzzles, fight the grotesque, and bring back the light!

🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/390290/Bulb_Boy/