TOP INDIE DEVELOPERS
STEAM FRANCHISE
The Top Indie Developers franchise is a new collection of popular games on Steam from independent (i.e. no 3rd party publisher) developers. Member games feature the franchise on their Steam store page, and benefit from incremental traffic as their game is promoted on other members' pages.
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In short, it's leveraging the cross-promotion opportunities usually reserved for publishers, but for a curated group of top developers that don't have publishers.
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It's a no-brainer for any indie dev. Just look how happy this stock model is about it.
INVITE ONLY
The Top Indie Developers franchise is an invite-only curated list of games. If you've stumbled across this page without an invite we unfortunately are not accepting applications at this time.
An example from a publisher using Steam's Franchise feature
WHAT IS IT?
Many brands and publishers use Steam's "Franchise Pages" feature to cross-promote their games. On a game's page, other members of the franchise appear in the "More From..." carousel below the "About This Game" section.
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The Top Indie Developers franchise is exactly the same, but with games from a collective of independent developers rather than a publisher.
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It's free to join, easy to set up, and provides incremental traffic to all members as their games are displayed on the store pages of all other members.
Completely Free
No cost, no contract, no commitment
We're not a publisher or a marketing agency, we're developers. The only benefit to us is the incremental traffic to our game, just like everyone else in the franchise. If you change your mind you can leave the franchise at any time - simply remove it from your Steam page and you're done.
2 minute set up
Start receiving extra traffic within a few minutes
Accept the invite, update your store page, and you're done! We can walk you through the process within a few minutes. It's super simple to join (or leave) the franchise.
Incremental traffic
High-value traffic from active Steam users
Members of the franchise are highly curated (10-20 games max) to ensure maximum traffic for all members. Users are already on Steam, already browsing indie games, and they can visit your game's store page in a single click. As an added bonus, followers of the franchise get an email every time a featured game is released (not just the ones they've wishlisted).
WHO ARE WE?
Outlier is an independent video game developer based in Ireland. Our first game, This Means Warp, was released in 2022 and is available now on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. Following This Means Warp's success we have expanded the team, and are now working on the recently announced game Mars Attracts (featuring the license for the iconic sci-fi IP Mars Attacks).