[Ep585] How Should Indie Devs React to Negative Steam Reviews?

In episode 585 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers dig into the post-launch data for How Many Dudes, unpacking what Steam review scores, wishlist ratios, playtime histograms, and demo numbers are actually telling them. From there they get into the harder question of what to do with negative reviews, how to tell the difference between feedback worth acting on and noise worth ignoring, and how they're thinking about difficulty and accessibility as the game finds its audience.

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Official Website: https://www.bscotch.net/games/how-many-dudes

Trailer Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgQM1SceEpI

Steam Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3934270/How_Many_Dudes

00:00 Cold Open

00:26 Introduction and Welcome

02:16 Post-launch HMD community feedback

07:25 Wishlists trend and projections

13:42 Demo and full launch relationship

28:10 Accessing feedback

37:08 Addressing negative feedback