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Did you know? Reading the article explains the headline, I recommend doing so... well, to be honest, I recommend reading the report the article is based on.
He says "Indie golden age" since the number of games with 1000 reviews or more made a big jump from 337 in 2022. This is also an increase percentage-wise despite the huge increase in games overall:
This is all games, the article focuses on the indie portion (as decided by the writer, not steam tag) later on.