u/Sorry-Engineer5757

Long story short, I've been working on a demo for a game i had been calling Blackjack Roulette throughout the development. Before settling on that name for sure, I did ONE smart thing and looked it up - turns out, another game already is using that title, and its not exactly a game id like to associate myself with.

That being said, I'm bad at names, I'd like ideas.

The main themes of the game revolve around death and chance, also keeping strong ties to war (specifically World War 2 and the Soviet Union, most notable by the soviet soldier sitting on the table across from you), and some stuff involving the afterlife/the supernatural. And obviously the two main mechanics of the game: blackjack and russian roulette.

above is screenshot from the game (dont have a cover art yet)

Will be happy to offer more details if needed

In short, I am working on a game and I'm very close to having a sort of demo/minimum viable product I could post. My question, however, is how to go about it.

I don't want to make a steam page unless the game gets a decent bit of attention (which might be a dumb idea, I don't know, I just don't want to pay for a whole steam fee for something that doesnt work out in the end).

My idea is to post the "demo" on itch io and depending on the response I get in THERE, make a steam page. My question is, is this a good idea? should i do additional marketing for the itch page? If yes, before or during/after the release of the demo? Is getting a steam page outright the best idea? I'm genuinely not sure what to do.

Help renaming my game?

How should I go about marketing my game?