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For indie developers

How to pitch an indie game to a publisher in 2026

2026-05-05 · 9 min read

A working playbook for indie devs: what publishers actually read, the four red-flag clauses to negotiate out of every contract, and how to use indielist to short-list before you write a single email.

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For investors and analysts

How indie game sales estimates actually work — the white-box Boxleiter method

2026-05-05 · 7 min read

Every sales-estimate page on indielist comes with the formula expanded. This article walks through what Boxleiter is, why a single NB number is misleading, and how the multi-factor adjustment makes the estimate believable.

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