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Fabian

@sfabienne.bsky.social
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Developing the DRPG Häxeri, wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3296970/… Writer of the indie game marketing analysis blog Indie Game Insights: www.indiegameinsights.dev

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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hopefully eventually, but starting with Steam!
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I hope the jrog hashtag will bring me lots of traffic
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🎗윤선(๑'ω'๑)✨ @paperabbit.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pixel Artist available for freelance & contract work. 26 years in pixel art / 10+ years in art direction. Characters, monsters, backgrounds, tiles, animation & VFX. Portfolio: yunsun-portfolio.pages.dev Email: redrabbitpixel@gmail.com #pixelart #ドット絵
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As an indie dev and JRPG fan, I've been wondering for a while what indie games other JRPG fans like to play. So I scraped some Steam data, did some stats and wrote a blog post about it. Might be useful or interesting to someone here! indiegameinsights.dev/blog/jrpg_pl... #gamedev #jrog
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What indie games do Dragon Quest, Megaten and Trails fans play?
Based on Steam data, which indie games are uniquely popular among hardcore JRPG fans?
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Recently got new capsule art for Häxeri, drawn by the talented @shutwig.bsky.social! If you like DRPGs like Etrian Odyssey or Wizardry, then you might like this game. :) Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3296970/... #indiedev #DRPG
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Häxeri on Steam
Häxeri is a grid-based first-person dungeon crawler DRPG with turn-based combat. Form your own party, explore and map the sprawling corridors of the dungeon, and battle the monsters therein. Gain extr...
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Running Häxeri on Steam Deck for the first time! Mazarin approves. store.steampowered.com/app/3296970/... #gamedev #DRPG #SteamDeck #cat
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Also, the game was just featured in the indie game showcase on The Crawl! Check out the showcase, there's a bunch of incredible-looking games there! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkGA...
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The Future Of Indie Games
YouTube video by The Crawl
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Two weeks have passed since the launch of the Steam page for my dungeon crawler Häxeri, and the response has been incredible! Wishlists sits currently at 6,955, which is about 20 times better than I expected. I'm so grateful for all the support! 🌟 store.steampowered.com/app/3296970/...
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Time Extension @timeextension.com · 31/07/2026
Love Etrian Odyssey, Wizardy, & Shin Megami Tensei? This New Dungeon RPG Could Be Right Up Your Street.
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Love Etrian Odyssey, Wizardy, & Shin Megami Tensei? This New Dungeon RPG Could Be Right Up Your Street
For fans who like "methodical party-building, careful mapping, & turn-based combat"
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
store.steampowered.com/app/3296970/...
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Häxeri on Steam
Häxeri is a grid-based first-person dungeon crawler DRPG with turn-based combat. Form your own party, explore and map the sprawling corridors of the dungeon, and battle the monsters therein. Gain extr...
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My dungeon crawler Häxeri just surpassed 5000 wishlists, less than a week after the Steam page launched! So happy and grateful for all this attention and support! 🙏 #gamedev #drpg #dungeoncrawler
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The one my gut tells me! 😅
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Going for Japanese translation to start with, if I do any other languages then that will be based on number of wishlists.
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
But honestly, A/B testing capsule art would probably be great, but as long as it's not a tool in Steamworks then I wouldn't bother...
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A/B test between staying awake and going back to sleep
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thanks! ❤️
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Lately: getting the Steam page ready. Polishing up the game, fixing professional localization of page and in-game content, editing gifs and trailers, etc. All a lot of work! Next I will going into a phase more focused on level design, balancing and testing.
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If anything, the scope has increased. 😅 But not that much. I definitely underestimated the scope when I started the game (as every game dev does...). And there is quite a bit left to do, I'm estimating another year of dev time. But development certainly goes in waves.
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
And if this truly interests you (and you'd like to participate in any future playtests) then feel free to join my little Discord server: discord.gg/mxwYUqJ5aM
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Join the Häxeri Discord Server!
Check out the Häxeri community on Discord – hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If this interests you, please wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3296970/...
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Häxeri on Steam
Häxeri is a grid-based first-person dungeon crawler DRPG with turn-based combat. Form your own party, explore and map the sprawling corridors of the dungeon, and battle the monsters therein. Gain extr...
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I just published the Steam page for my upcoming DRPG: Häxeri! The game is inspired by Etrian Odyssey, Shin Megami Tensei and Wizardry. I've been working on this for nearly two years (being a parent of two is rough...), so I'm really happy to finally reach this point. #gamedev #indiedev #drpg
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I wrote a new post for Indie Game Insights. Today's topic: Which visual novel themes were popular on Itch in 2025? Spoiler: Otome games are on top. indiegameinsights.dev/blog/itch_vi... #itch #itchio #visualnovel #vn #vndev #renpy #gamedev #indiedev #dataviz
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Which visual novel themes were popular on Itch in 2025?
Finding the thematic categories of VNs on Itch, using co-occurrence clustering on tag data. Is a yandere character the secret ingredient to success?
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Alright! Anyway, it looks fantastic and like something I'd gladly pay money for. :)
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This looks fantastic! I can't find a Steam page, are you not planning to release it there?
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I analyzed 27,000+ tags on Itch and found 26 latent genres not on the official genre list. Then I analyzed the data to see which genres were more common & which gets the most attention. Check out my blog post if you like plots and data! :) www.indiegameinsights.dev/blog/itch_la... #gamedev #indiedev
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The hidden genres of Itch
Itch has 17 official genres, but can we find additional latent genres based on game tags?
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Fabian @sfabienne.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I wrote a blog post about what games were popular on Itch in 2025 (spoiler: it's visual novels). Read if you like plots and data! indiegameinsights.dev/blog/itch_2025
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What genres were popular on Itch in 2025?
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