Independent verification of earlier Steam research, followed by studies of language attention, catalog variety, game lifetimes, developer careers, and updates after long gaps. Research completed September 7, 2026 using the September 5 catalog snapshot and bounded follow-up collections.
The conversation contains the findings and decisions. This archive preserves reports, charts, supporting tables, specifications and scripts. Review counts measure public response, not sales, revenue or actual player counts. Store text describes advertised mechanics, not verified gameplay depth.
Large derived Parquet datasets, paginated API responses and the full announcement inventory remain in the original local research folders. Source paths, file sizes and hashes.