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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 29 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Is discovery a dumpster fire? I mean sure it could be better but I dont think its a dumpster fire. It seems there are constantly new small team indie games doing wild numbers on the platform. If discovery was truely bad we would be seeing the charts dominated by big studios.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 19 points 3 hours ago

The regular Next Fests have probably been the single best thing for game discovery I've found in s long time. Nothing beats an actual hands-on demo for deciding if I'll wishlist a game.

[–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I guess he talking about the search system, which is a dumpster fire relative to other Steam features.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Are we using the same product? There's a vast array of quality tags that seem to genuinely work to find stuff?

[–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 2 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

You can't filter using more than one tag as an "and" filter, only "or". That's pretty basic for a filter feature, isn't it? It's just surprising given how well implemented other Steam features had been in my experience.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 26 minutes ago)

He wasnt talking about search it was about algorithmic recommendation.

But you can filter by multiple tags. When you click search select the advanced search at the bottom of the dropdown. It does all the things you mention and far more