𓅃 スノ 𓅃 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 8:39
indie title now cost 25$ base price. 3 years ago the cost of an indie title was 15$
Each year indie title have register an increse of 20% since the start of the COVID pandemic
Also the increase of "User base" also increase exponetianl during the pandemic.
So how are this price increase justified?

starting from 2019-2020 when the price were 15$ to today 25$

Final Value = Initial Value × (1 + Rate of Increase)^Number of Years

approximately in 3 years the price of indie game has increase of 66.67%

this include title that were released even 5 year ago or prior to that date.
not only title that are new relased.

with out mentioning so special case were an indie game cost equal to an AAA title in that calse the value is priced at 60$ if not 70, 120% ~ 129.4%.
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Crazy Tiger 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:13 
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃
however for exemple hades was $19.99 now is 24.99 many indie games followed the same trend. 15.99 to 19.99 prior to 2018 too.
Hades came to Steam December 2019. So, what are you talking about?
𓅃 スノ 𓅃 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:15 
引用自 Mad Scientist
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃

i have found blasfemus and hades are other examples for the trend. now were is the difference? is how big the indie game studio is?
Some Devs increase the price over time as more content is added. What's the issue here, exactly?

You can just wait and buy games on a sale price that you're interested in if you don't want to pay full price.

is not the case really. many title old 5-3 years with no updated receive price increase.
am not making this argument becuase i have an issue with and excat game price,
I want a clear view on the trend and the reason behind the increase of price of inide game titles.
Brian9824 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:16 
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃
引用自 nullable
For example, my favorite indie game, Terarria, https://steamdb.info/app/105600/ has had a base price of $9.99 for ten years.

steamdb shows the game was prior sold at 6.99 in 2013 but that is also a lousy exeption of the case. were the game has still Terraria 4-Pack witch is no longer possible to sell 4 packs, and the game is overwhelming popular not a nich indie game title.

There are also indie games being sold for $4.99 or cheaper - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/Vampire_Survivors

Your cherry picking a handful of games and trying to make a pattern out of it. The facts are factored for inflation gaming in general is at an all time low point in terms of cost.

A few games rising in price or having a one off increase does not also mean that the price will continue to rise at a standard rate.
𓅃 スノ 𓅃 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:17 
引用自 Crazy Tiger
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃
however for exemple hades was $19.99 now is 24.99 many indie games followed the same trend. 15.99 to 19.99 prior to 2018 too.
Hades came to Steam December 2019. So, what are you talking about?
Steam is not the only platfrom existing buddy. not like indie game exist only on steam. but anyway

hades early access was December 7 2018 offical relsease 2020 spetember 17.
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Crazy Tiger 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:19 
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃
引用自 Crazy Tiger
Hades came to Steam December 2019. So, what are you talking about?
Steam is not the only platfrom existing buddy. not like indie game exist only on steam. but anyway

hades early access was December 2018 offical relsease 2020 spetember 17.
It's normal that games have a lower price during Early Access phases, most do that. It's one of the incentives to buy them after all.

And if they see the opportunity to keep making sales with a higher price point, why shouldn't they raise the price?
𓅃 スノ 𓅃 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:25 
引用自 Crazy Tiger
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃
Steam is not the only platfrom existing buddy. not like indie game exist only on steam. but anyway

hades early access was December 2018 offical relsease 2020 spetember 17.
It's normal that games have a lower price during Early Access phases, most do that. It's one of the incentives to buy them after all.

And if they see the opportunity to keep making sales with a higher price point, why shouldn't they raise the price?

meaby because am not talking about that?

https://steamdb.info/app/1145360/

the price increase accured after the game was dead in developemnt so it recived no updates.
last post lunch patch was Post-Launch Patch - 15 February 2022.
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/8206730/
just bug fixes the development was stopped prior to that
the price change accured 1 Frebruary 2023 witch has nothing to do with the patch or the Early acess.
Crazy Tiger 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:29 
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃
引用自 Crazy Tiger
It's normal that games have a lower price during Early Access phases, most do that. It's one of the incentives to buy them after all.

And if they see the opportunity to keep making sales with a higher price point, why shouldn't they raise the price?

meaby because am not talking about that?

https://steamdb.info/app/1145360/

the price increase accured after the game was dead in developemnt so it recived no updates.
last post lunch patch was Post-Launch Patch - 15 February 2022.
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/8206730/
just bug fixes the development was stopped prior to that
the price change accured 1 Frebruary 2023 witch has nothing to do with the patch or the Early acess.
You also mentioned the prior 2018 one. Which is a normal sub raise during an Early Access period, some raise the price a few times depending on added content.

And I addressed what you said. They see opportunity, so they raise a price. If you want further reasons, inflation is one. Or a way to get some extra money to fund Hades 2.

It's anything but a trend, though. I checked quite some indie games for their price history and almost none did a raise in general.
𓅃 スノ 𓅃 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:32 
引用自 Crazy Tiger
And I addressed what you said. They see opportunity, so they raise a price. If you want further reasons, inflation is one. Or a way to get some extra money to fund Hades 2.

It's anything but a trend, though. I checked quite some indie games for their price history and almost none did a raise in general.

I could be has you said for this case beucase I found old news and topics trending in december 22 and February 4 that were talking about the a possible announcement of hades 2.
Crazy Tiger 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:36 
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃
引用自 Crazy Tiger
And I addressed what you said. They see opportunity, so they raise a price. If you want further reasons, inflation is one. Or a way to get some extra money to fund Hades 2.

It's anything but a trend, though. I checked quite some indie games for their price history and almost none did a raise in general.

I could be has you said for this case beucase I found old news and topics trending in december 22 and February 4 that were talking about the a possible announcement of hades 2.
I did a check on their other games, Bastion, Pyre and Transistor. They all got a price raise the same day. So looks like a general decision of this studio, wouldn't count out that it's related to Hades 2 still, though.

As said, I checked a bunch of other games and studios, but they didn't do such raises.
Wolverine 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:38 
Well, and then there is
https://freebies.indiegala.com/
with a few new indie games for free every week...
Mad Scientist 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:41 
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃
引用自 Mad Scientist
Some Devs increase the price over time as more content is added. What's the issue here, exactly?

You can just wait and buy games on a sale price that you're interested in if you don't want to pay full price.

is not the case really. many title old 5-3 years with no updated receive price increase.
am not making this argument becuase i have an issue with and excat game price,
I want a clear view on the trend and the reason behind the increase of price of inide game titles.
Almost none of the indie games I have bought or am interested in have seen any price increase. I can only name Factorio as something I'm aware of increasing over time.

If your currency is becoming less valuable, you're also going to be charged more.
If you're part of the eu, you'll likely pay a base price based upon germany/the euro value rather than local regional pricing. Your profile does say Italy.

Only regional pricing changes are realistic for most price changes in the past few years. Anything else is manually done price adjustments based upon currency value, or addition of content. For the most being true; most indies almost never change in prices unless the Dev adds a good amount more over time.
𓅃 スノ 𓅃 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:51 
引用自 Crazy Tiger
As said, I checked a bunch of other games and studios, but they didn't do such raises.

I have found out this on reddit.

I have no idea what currency is displayed there and am sure some of this are related to early acess price but am not sure since I don't remeber Blasphemous
but from what I read around as soon as the sequel is announced the base price of inde games title increase but it been sould with a discount. until the arrive of the new title and the the new base price sticks.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Blasphemous/comments/15jzp3k/blasphemous_is_too_expensive_now_outside_of_the_us/

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianGaming/comments/11pf0lp/recent_price_hike_on_steam_has_killed_my_interest/
similar topic.
wich I observed some flacutetion on returning to day one price after years of price reduction. for ori the blind forest
nullable 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:53 
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃

steamdb doesn't really hold the price prior to a set date and doesn't cannot in same case becuase the game got relaunched or the id changed.

however for exemple hades was $19.99 now is 24.99 many indie games followed the same trend. 15.99 to 19.99 prior to 2018 too.

Blah blah, "A huge database with a complete picture of a game's sales history and doesn't support my claims should be dismissed". Sounds like sour grapes to me.
NuLife 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:54 
You Do Realise Most indie games ARE early access and then get released to full release at a higher price, so increase in price over time makes sense lol
Crazy Tiger 2023 年 11 月 15 日 上午 9:56 
引用自 𓅃 スノ 𓅃
引用自 Crazy Tiger
As said, I checked a bunch of other games and studios, but they didn't do such raises.

I have found out this on reddit.

I have no idea what currency is displayed there and am sure some of this are related to early acess price but am not sure since I don't remeber Blasphemous
but from what I read around as soon as the sequel is announced the base price of inde games title increase but it been sould with a discount. until the arrive of the new title and the the new base price sticks.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Blasphemous/comments/15jzp3k/blasphemous_is_too_expensive_now_outside_of_the_us/

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianGaming/comments/11pf0lp/recent_price_hike_on_steam_has_killed_my_interest/
similar topic.
wich I observed some flacutetion on returning to day one price after years of price reduction. for ori the blind forest
Blasphemous hasn't had a recent raisa in the EU (as far as I see in price histories, base price always € 25), so could be region related.

The second thread is specifically about India, which also likely is related to regional pricing. There have been some raises there, yeah.
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