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Steam Research Shows Indie Games Have Very Low Wishlist-To-Sales Ratio
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I wishlist non-indie games because it is a reminder for when it goes on sale.
I wishlist indie games early in development to see how they turn out. A huge chunk of the time they die in development. Other times they land with a wet thud based on reviews. Or the actual gameplay is completely different than it sounded when it was first available to wishlist.
So yeah, I would absolutely expect the wishlist to sales ratio to be much worse for Squirrel Wranglers: Jetpack Radio Adventures when it gets reviewed terribly because the jetpack controls are wonky and there are zero squirrels in the game than for a game like GTA: MCXIV.