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It’s in the name.

Describe your game. Claude proposes ten names; the catalog data judges every one of them.

Your game, in your words
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The matcher reads Steam's tag vocabulary and game titles, not story. Best results: the genre in Steam's words, what the player does, the camera, the mode, and two comparable games. How to write a pitch it understands.

How to write a pitch the tool understands

Every comparable below comes from matching your words against the tags and titles of 30,000 Steam games. Words that are Steam tags carry weight; story, scenario and marketing prose carry none. Measured on 80 test pitches, a mechanics-first description found the right neighbors about twice as often as the same game's store blurb.

Include, in this order of importance:

  • Genre, in Steam's words. One to three tags: roguelike deckbuilder, city builder, tactical FPS, farming sim, point & click.
  • What the player does. Three verbs that are also tags: chop, craft, automate, trade, survive, explore, build, cook.
  • How it is seen. First-person, third-person, top-down, side-scrolling, 2D, pixel art, hand-drawn, anime, VR.
  • Mode and session. Single-player, co-op, PvP, local multiplayer; short runs, open world, campaign.
  • Setting and mood. Post-apocalyptic, WWII, space, pirates; cozy, comedic, grim, horror.
  • Two games it sits between. Written as titles: "like Stardew Valley meets FTL". Two-word titles pin reliably; the named game's tag profile joins the match.

Leave out: plot and scenario ("your parents are on their way home"), your own world and company names, adjectives like unique or immersive. Length without tags is noise: 200 characters of tags beat 500 of prose.

Weak: no tag words, comps are a guess
You and your friends just woke up, the house is a mess and your parents are on their way home. Tidy up fast or you are grounded!
Strong: same game, tag vocabulary
Co-op cleaning simulator. Up to four players tidy a wrecked house against the clock: pick up trash, wash dishes, hide the evidence. First-person, 3D cartoony, local and online co-op, ten-minute rounds. Chaotic and funny. Like Overcooked meets PowerWash Simulator.

Template: [Genre]. [What the player does]. [Camera and art]. [Mode, session]. Set in [setting]. [Mood]. Like [Game A] meets [Game B].

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