I'm a small indie solodev that makes free, browser-play Ren'Py games (which have a VERY small market in the Western hemisphere) using my art, writing and coding - recipe for creative freedom and invisibility. It gave me a fair bit of bravery where exploring places to try and build an audience for my work, with Reddit being the one I was most hesitant to try and use.

The more I looked around on different hosting sites, the more I realized that Reddit has one of the biggest concentrations of people that would actually be interested in playing my games’ genre. My ultimate goal for making these games is to see people enjoy them anywhere they want without spending a dime, and a larger reach increases the chances of that happening, so after a lot of thinking I decided to try my luck. 

The above graphic shows the stats for my ItchIO during the month I joined Reddit (I believe August 5th). The ItchIO stats for my games have never been this high for more than one day a month on average until after I started using Reddit and it makes me EXTREMELY happy!

I'm very literal and not good with social cues, so posting anything *here feels like walking on a minefield,* but I want to ride this momentum and **ask around here on where or what else I should try promoting in order to strengthen the reach and stats of my games as much as possible** (including other subreddits). I will say that I don't have any money at all, so a Steam release, custom websites, and paid services are out for now.

Other than posting, my current methods of promotion include artwork, screenshots, gameplay videos, a few animations, collabs with other devs, exchanges with other devs, and very detailed and active devlogs. I have plans to try again reaching out to streamers who would stream my games (I tried before with five different places that reviewed games in the same niche as mine for no cost, but none replied back). 

Thanks in advance for your feedback, and if you are interested in learning more about my games, here is my itch: https://e11ed0rad0.itch.io/

[Advice-Seeking Post] Coming to Reddit was a scary but smart move!