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Valve explain why Steam’s front page shows the games it showsWatch this video to learn
Watch this video to learn
Why does Steam’s front page show you the games it shows? Some of it’s algorithms, obvs, but whythose gamesforyou? And what about the rest? If you’ve ever wondered, do watch this twenty-minute video where two fellas from Valve’s Steam team explain it all. It is interesting to see which parts are curated and which are pure datamunching.
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Released last month on Valve’sSteamworks Development YouTube channel, the video sees Steam’s Al Farnsworth and Alden Kroll and scroll down through the front page, explaining banners, boxes, and lists as they go. It is aimed at people selling their games on Steam, but it’s friendly enough for the rest of us to understand.
“Either we are reaching out proactively to game developers and saying ‘Hey it looks like your game would be a good fit for this’,” Kroll said, “and also sometimes reacting to game developers reaching out to us and saying ‘Hey are there different opportunities that my game qualifies for?'”
Do watch the vid for the full rundown of the front page. I learned more than I expected about a page I see multiple times every day.
