Playing in-development games is part of the natural PC landscape these days. Take a browse through Steam’s catalogue and you’ll encounter endless Early Access titles: games allowing you to pay and play now, but in environments that are far from finished. Many of these games seem to emerge and fade into obscurity within a few weeks, but others have such staying power they become the stalwarts of Steam’s Top Sellers list.
ARK. Rust. DayZ. All games that found their way to the top of that list and stayed there for vast stretches of time. We’re talking games that can regularly have around 30,000 players at any one time, and have peaked at the heights of nearly 85,000. Notably they’re all games a long way from being finished, but still bustling ports for players. What have the developers of these games done to ensure such a response? Just how do you succeed in Steam Early Access? We’ve spoken to the teams behind some of these huge hits to find out the answers - read on to make your millions…
Step 1: Be prepared for the long haul
