The indie market is quite open to games that really come out of left field, instead of following the same 5 genres indies always go back to, if just because the

The indie market is quite open to games that really come out of left field, instead of following the same 5 genres indies always go back to, if just because they are easy and well understood. Lucas had made a couple of nice mini-games before that showing how relatively unconventional gameplay can be quite fun if attached to a good premise. The Republia Times is pretty much the same emotional concept but with different gameplay. A big part of the game being a hit IMO was the beta was just out there for download, and it was a very polished first third of the game. A few large blogs picked it up, and at that point, if the game is any good, it'll just sell a whole lot. The demand was so big that Steam approved it for Greenlight out of schedule: It was greenlit after just a week or two on the process. Either way, It's a game that is very easy to recommend.