"First-time Developer's Surprise Hit Game Tops Steam's 2024 Ratings"
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure, a free platformer game from solo developer Thomas Lean and music promoter MrSuicideSheep, has achieved a 99% positive rating on Steam with nearly 1,900 reviews within days of its release, making it one of the best-reviewed games of 2024. Lean, a first-time developer, expressed surprise at the game's success and emphasized the importance of feedback. The decision to offer the game for free was influenced by MrSuicideSheep's history of providing free content. Lean is now focusing on debugging Sheepy and considering his next steps in game development.
- After 3 years of "a lot of painful work," first-time dev had no idea his game was one of the best-reviewed Steam releases of the year Gamesradar
- I dropped everything to play the free viral game that's suddenly matching Palworld and Persona 3 Reload as 2024's highest-rated Steam game, and you should too Yahoo Entertainment
- Sheepy: A Short Adventure is cute, and delightfully infuriating Destructoid
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