--- title: The industry makes great games, but nobody can find them description: A workgroup at the Madeira Games Summit concluded that game discoverability is the industry's most urgent unfixed problem. Algorithms increasingly reward... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-industry-makes-great-games-but-nobody-can-find-them-gzvly325o twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The industry makes great games, but nobody can find them | daily.dev og:description: A workgroup at the Madeira Games Summit concluded that game discoverability is the industry's most urgent unfixed problem. Algorithms increasingly reward... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-industry-makes-great-games-but-nobody-can-find-them-gzvly325o og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GZvlY325O.png og:image:alt: The industry makes great games, but nobody can find them og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The industry makes great games, but nobody can find them **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A workgroup at the Madeira Games Summit concluded that game discoverability is the industry's most urgent unfixed problem. Algorithms increasingly reward volume and familiarity over quality, burying distinctive games. Platforms hold the most structural power but have the least accountability, operating as black boxes with minimal transparency for developers. The group recommended platforms open up with proper analytics and human curation, publishers build clear identities around specific audiences (citing Paradox Interactive as a model), developers treat community-building as part of the creative process from day one, and investors back longer development arcs. The core argument: creative risk-taking is now strategically necessary, not just artistically worthwhile, because you cannot outspend major players — you can only outthink them. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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