"Request budgets under $500,000": How PlayStack seeks indie games and helps them succeed in the market

Many learned about PlayStack after the phenomenal success of Balatro, although the company has been around for nearly 10 years. Since 2019, the publisher’s revenue has increased 40-fold, and its unique approach to project searching has helped amass an impressive catalog. This and more about PlayStack's business is covered in today’s article.

In our comprehensive article, we thoroughly examined:

• the history of PlayStack's founding and its path to success;
• how the BAFTA award indirectly influenced the publisher’s curatorial approach;
• the main releases in PlayStack's catalog, including Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and Mortal Shell, along with their metrics;
• how the publisher managed to achieve a “hit rate” of over 90% thanks to a special team of scouts;
• advice from PlayStack to developers on what to focus on when pitching projects and why they consider budgets up to $500,000 to be optimal;
• PlayStack's financial metrics, including revenue, profit, and other indicators.