Slashy Hero is Kongregate's first Steam game.
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Kongregate adds Steam to its web and mobile portfolio with Slashy Hero

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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GameStop’s Kongregate made its name as a publisher of indie games on Kongregate.com and mobile. Now it is expanding to publishing games on Steam with the debut of the title Splashy Hero.

In some ways, it’s not a surprise, as the $36 billion mobile game market has become ultra-competitive, and many developers have turned to the PC or virtual reality. By expanding to publishing games for the PC on Steam, Kongregate reduces some of its risk.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.