[Free] [Steam] The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 (10.05 - 17.05)

to revive a game (multiplayer)
to grow as a company or gain followship for future projects .
to build hype for a sequel
to profit from microtransaction
and there is alot of more reasons why .

I can't speak for anybody else, but I've been considering making a game and giving away several copies of it. My thought is that in giving a few copies away, 1: I'll receive more feedback so I can improve it in the future, and 2: Word of mouth will spread and get more people interested in buying the game.

For The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 steam page from what we can see the devs are likely giving it away for free so people try out the games chapter 1 & 2 to then buy the other chapters as DLCs.

Spend £10k on marketing or give away £10k in keys? No difference financially, much more goodwill from potential customers.

In addition to what others are saying, there is also the factor of trading card drops, with which the developer will be able to recuperate some of money from potential sales lost due to this giveaway. It's not as prevalent anymore given steam's more stringent approval processes, but shovelware games used to make all of their money off of this while giving away thousands of free copies.

Don't worry about missing out, this post will be bumped several times and multiple others will be created :)

Bep bop

aw, the achievements require you to purchase the rest of the chapters.

I see.., there is a time delay, thanks for the explanation.

I noticed this as well but adding it to cart fixes it at least for me.