I love to provide as many resources as I can to game developers who are working hard to market their game. The following is every public (and semi public) talk I have given.
If you are interested in having me speak at your conference, podcast, or stream, please check out my about page for more information on how to contact me. –
2026
2025
2025
| Impress | Steam Next Fest Marketing Q&A |
| Visual Novel Design | The Secrets to Selling Visual Novels on Steam |
| Vaibhav Chavan | The Indie Game Marketing Trick That’s BEATING The Competition |
| Indie game clinic | Game Marketing Advice with Chris Z |
| Code Monkey | Steam Marketing EXPERT on NEW Steam Rules to find SUCCESS in 2025 |
| Thomas Brush | How To Make Your Frist Game Blow Up On Steam |
| GDC 2025 | Marketing Your Game Under the New Steam Rules |
| Unity | How to Market a Game ft. Chris Zukowski |
2024
| Thomas Brush | Full Time Game Dev Podcast Ep. 025 |
| Code Monkey | Steam page reviews |
| Code Monkey | Top 5 mistakes to avoid as a Game Dev! |
| Jonas Tyroller | Marketing For Indie Games | Land a Hit Game! |
| How To Market A Game | Live Q&A for Inside2024 |
| Gamecity Hamburg | The Importance of Genre on Steam |
| XP Summit Toronto | The new Steam Meta |
| Game Developer’s Conference (GDC 2024) | Steam Secrets |
| How To Market A Game | Finding a publisher: Live Q&A |
| Code Monkey | Game Marketing for SUCCESS! |
| How To Market A Game | Steam Page Teardown for HTMAG Summer Sale Steam Page Teardown for HTMAG Summer Sale 2 Discord Live Call |
| Indie Game Business | 30 Mistakes in 30 Minutes |
| Cam Stoker | Steam Marketing Expert Reveals Algorithm Secrets |
2023
| Kyle Banks Youtube Channel | Why are indie devs so obsessed with wishlists? |
| LGIN – Living Game Intelligence Network | The Marketing Ladder on Steam |
| Georgia Game Developers Association | Indie Success |
| Kevin Kelly: Cool Tools | Cool Tools Show & Tell |
| Make the Game with Matt Hackett (Video) | Steam Game Marketing GOLD |
| Make the Game with Matt Hackett (Full Podcast) | Steam Game Marketing GOLD |
| IMPRESS Mini Marketing Summit 2023 | Secrets of Steam’s Discovery Algorithm |
| Game Developer Podcast (GDC Summer 2023) | Marketing Your Indie Game With Chris Zukowski |
2022
| Schell Games: Dinner with the devs | Game Discoverability |
| IGDA San Diego | Making and Marketing Games that players will love (Paywall) |
| Indie Game Business | The 3 Things That Actually Impact How Well Your Game Sells |
| GDC 2022 | Indie Soapbox, More than 1 game |
| GDC 2022 | Game Demos Done Right |
| GDC 2022 | Classic Game Postmortem: ‘Wolfenstein 3D’ (Achtung!) by John Romero (I was the second question asker at 34 min of the talk) |
| GDC Masterclass | Advanced Steam Strategies for Game Studios and Publishers (Paywall) |
| Game Marketing Ideas Spring Lecture Series | How to make demos (Paywalled, but your payment supports my work) Click to save 50% |
| Game Marketing Ideas Spring Lecture Series | How to get wishlists (Paywalled, but your payment supports my work) Click to save 50% |
| Game Marketing Ideas Spring Lecture Series | Your first game will fail (Paywalled, but your payment supports my work) Click to save 50% |
| Georgia Game Developers Association | How to market a game in 2022 |
| Talking Developers Podcast #4 | How to make the most out of Steams algorithm? |
| HowToMarketAGame.com Talk | Steam Next Fest Live Q&A |
| DiscoMTL 2022 | Live Steam Page Critique (Paywall) |
| Hype Jam 2022 | Keynote: Jam kickoff |
| Portugal Game Developers | How to market a game in 2022 |
| Interactive Ontario | Optimizing Steam Marketing (Paywall) |
| Indie Game Business | Free demos! The secret to instant visibility! |
| NoClip | Experts Reveal the Tricks Behind Encouraging Steam Purchases & Wishlists |
| Indie Game Business | How Can I Improve My Steam Page? |
| Indie Game Movement Podcast | Holiday Episode (appear at 29 minute mark) |
2021
| Seattle Indies | How to Sell a Game on Steam in 2021 |
| Indie Game Business | How to spy on your competition to build your marketing plan |
| IGDA New York | How to market a PC game in 2021 |
| Jonas Tyroller | How To Sell More Games on Steam! (Store Page Optimization) |
| Disco:MTL 2021 | Channel Mastery: IMGUR (Paywall) |
| Taipei Game Developers Forum | How to study the market to anticipate your game’s success |
| GDC Live! Podcast | Super Practical Indie Game Marketing with Chris Zukowski |
| GDC 2021 | 30 Minute Steam Page Makeovers |
| GDC 2021 | What to Expect With Your Launch? Sharing Concrete Data on Various Marketing Activities When Releasing Your Indie Game |
| Gamescrunch | How to market a game 2021 |
| Devgamm Fall 2021 | How to Market A PC Game |
| Thousand Ant Podcast | How to pick the right type of indie game to make |
| Indie Game Business | How To Market A Game: The AMA! |
2020
| Indie Game Movement Podcast | How Indie Devs Can Understand and Influence Consumer Behavior |
| GDC 2020 | What to Write So People Buy: Selling Your Game Without Feeling Sleazy |
| GDC 2020 | Empathizing with Steam: How People Shop for Your Game |
| Indie Game Business | 3 Ways To Understand Your Game’s Audience |
| Game Dev London Podcast | How Solo Indie Devs Can Market Their Games |
| Super Gamer Podcast | I Hope This Email Finds You Well with Chris Zukowski |
| Saskatchewan Interactive | How to understand and impress your audience with better marketing |
| Indie Game Business | How to market a game on Steam in 2020 |
| Indie Game Movement Podcast | How to Leverage the Dev Community |
2019
| Carl Lucas Show | 1 Screen Platformer |
| Disco:MTL 2019 | The Joy of Email Marketing (Paywalled) |
| GDC 2019 | Build Your Own Fan Club: How to Use Your Email List |
| Creative Metaverse Podcast | Chris Zukowski (Video Game Marketing Consultant) |
2015
| One Life Left | One Life Left vs Gamasutra GDC2015 Show |