Top 10 Adult Game Patreons of 2022
1) Summertime Saga
2) Operation Lovecraft: Fallen Doll
3) Virt-A-Mate
4) The Genesis Order
5) Being a DIK
6) WickedWhims
7) Wild Life
8) Heat
9) Trials in Tainted Space
10) 18Titans
Comments (7)
Does anyone else shift their patronage once a game hits Steam? I was a patron for Treasures of Nadia, Seeds of Chaos and Third Crisis, and I still love all of them, but once they released on Steam I bought that version as a kind of parting Thank You and moved my patronage to much smaller projects. Obviously Steam is no guarantee of success, but I feel like once a game gets onto the platform they move onto a new opportunity-curve, and I'd rather help more games reach that point than stick with old favourites. :)
I think it depends on the nature of the Patronage. Are you funding that specific game, or are you supporting the artist to explore more than that? I do think that the current system focuses on one game, which is why we see so much "milking".
My favourite Patreon would have to be Necro Bunny Studios. Those maniacs post a devblog stuffed with love, energy and anime GIFs every single week. And somehow they also manage to make a game on top of that.
Am I correct, is this Top 10 just based on "sales numbers" rather than aesthetic content or mechanics, etc.?
Total Patrons.
I've seen patreon numbers go up and down depending on development cycles and the economy. I had more when I was about ready to release a game. Right now I got half a new game to offer and support is lower. Luckily sales are doing OK. Patreon is also dependent on disposable income, and inflation this past year is draining that.
Absolutely. I touch on that when talking about the game transition that Mity is going through. My Steam video will talk more about the overall decline in the video game industry for 2022. The reality is that we were well on our way to a global video game crash in 2019, but Covid forcing us all to be isolated and inside "saved" the industry. However this did not remedy the situation, it only delayed it.