Solo dev's Steam success with Erenshor fulfilled lifelong dream

Brian "Burgee" of Burgee Media turned an idea into Erenshor, a single-player RPG meant to feel like a classical MMO with simulated players and guilds. A year after its Steam early access launch, the game has 1,941 Steam user reviews averaging 94% positive and just over 80,000 copies sold while still in Early Access — a resounding success, the kind of game that can sustain a studio and especially a one-man operation.

"It started as this nights-and-weekends project that was generating some buzz and then almost overnight it changed my life for the better in every way," Burgee recalls. Burgee had made games for years but only casually; his previous Steam releases — a 2D shooter, a roguelite, and a math puzzle game — were cheap or free, came two or three years apart, and got little attention.

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