How can I make my game more marketable?

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#1

Hello everyone, I am making this post today asking for some help on making my game more marketable/presentable to be able to get my game seen with advertising. Now, what I have done already to try and get more players is the following:
-Posted my game to the GRP Discord server
-Made my first ever GFX for icon/thumbnail to actually have something potentially attention-grabbing
-Posted it to my YouTube channel
-Made a feedback post for the game and general gameplay here on the forum

However, all of this hasn’t done much for the game. It’s sitting at 97 visits with a majority of those being friends and I testing the game out or playing it for fun, and the rest of the plays look to be from the forum post I made a few days ago. So, I have a few questions related to making my game easier to advertise:

  1. Does the name of a game affect its ability to gain players? If yes, what kinds of names can achieve this?
  2. What affects a game’s ability to show up easier when searching?
  3. How much of an affect does the description of a game have on its ability to get players to play?

These are for my own education of course, as my game is developed by myself alone. I also don’t have a budget so I can’t advertise or sponsor the game effectively. Unfortunately, I don’t have much luck when looking for commission work, as I am mainly a programmer and people want long term programmers, otherwise I would actively do this in attempts to advertise/sponsor my game.
Here is a link to the game page: Switch! [Beta 1.0.2] - Roblox

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#2

Well, I recently played this game called Promote Your Game!. That might help…

#3

This can definitely help with advertising the game itself, as I wasn’t aware that post existed. However, I just want to know if the name of my game, for example, and other stuff like that can affect can be effective when advertised.

#4

As for the names, yes some are more clickable then others
As you can see here, most of the popular games have colorful titles, emojis that correspond to what they mean. Since most of roblox’s player base is under 13, it would be easier to market to them.

#5

I am ready to adapt to the trend of front-page game names, as much as I am not crazy about doing so, I acknowledge it’s more appealing for the player base. However, I feel like the title for my game itself isn’t that great and could potentially get remade. Names aren’t my strong suit unfortunately so I don’t know what a great title for my game could be.

#6

The game seems to have a good future, but for advertising features, it’s hardly tough to decide. As you know I wanna advertise my friend’s group game that I’m a Co-owner of and mainly focus on advertisement purposes.

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