During the holidays, Runic Games’ Torchlight was a featured sale on Steam and made the list of highly recommended PC games for GamingAngels readers. I grabbed this game at $10 and during the holidays it went down to $5. The sale prompted me to ask Runic Games how the sale affected purchases of Torchlight and I tried to get information on what Runic Games is working on next.

Torchlight is a great game. What motivated the sales on Steam this holiday season?

Thank you! It’s fun to see the word of mouth among friends about Torchlight, and that definitely factored into the holiday sales. Chances are you if you liked playing, your friends will too and as a last minute gift, you can’t go wrong. We had enthusiastic players buying up copies for their whole family, which is awesome!

Some of my friends felt the game was great at the $20 price point, others have purchased it for $5. Are there any trends you see with the various price points?

We saw a huge spike with every sale, which was both surprising and gratifying. The first sale kicked off the night of our company Christmas party, and everyone was on their iPhone watching the Steam sales. We felt really fortunate to be on the bestseller lists over the holidays – it’s competitive enough as it is out there, but with virtually every game on crazy sales, it was a small point of pride to be able to say “Hey look, we’re in the top ten!”

Based on the positive response to Torchlight, will there be any followup like DLC or future episodes?

Probably not, to be honest. Torchlight is done. On the plus side, the mods are plentiful and lots of fun, which should keep people happy for a long time! Onto the next project!

What is Runic Games working on now? And what New Years resolutions do you have as a team?

We didn’t really discuss any resolutions as a team other than to stay small and keep doing what we love. Oh, and find a new office when our sublease is up! Maybe even buy a couch instead of the hand-me-down futon we’ve had for several years! We’re in pre production for the next phase now. Can’t really talk about it yet but we’ll have updates when we can.

Thank you to Runic Games for the interview and please feel free to contact us when you are ready to announce what’s next!