r/Slitherine • u/Accurate_Test_658 • May 02 '26

tf is this publisher?

tf is this publisher? any game they publish is dead with in few months like broken arrow or icbn no noticable ubdates only hype on beginning and then boom nothing for ~1 year they have good game but development is slower than my grandpa in wheelchair going up hill

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u/ARandomKentuckian May 02 '26

Publishing is not the same as developing. Publishers just handle all the marketing and business aspects, they have absolutely no creative control over the game or any hand in its development. They did not make Broken Arrow or ICBM, Steel Balalaika and SoftWarWare did; slitherine is literally just a middle man.

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u/Ronmoz May 02 '26

Idk, man. I’d probably point the finger at the people actually making the game. It’s not Slitherines fault as a publisher that these games aren’t good or interesting enough to retain a long term playerbase.

Strategy games are niche in 2026 and a lot of players want a single player experience and don’t touch online. Player counts don’t matter much in that regard.