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A comment on Ask HN: How much money did you make from a mobile game you developed alone?.

Re:Ask HN: How much money did you make from a mobile game yo... by ccvannorman on Saturday August 29, 2015 @08:46AM (#10139812)
Neither of mine are in the app store any more, but apps with similar names are.

Santa's Last Stand - 3-4 mos - $250 since 4 years ago, free + 2.99 paid

Bank Defense - 3-4 months, - $100 since 4 years ago, free + 1.99 paid (approx--I don't remember)

mobile game market is _hard_ unless you're flight control/angry birds/candy crush. The market is saturated and Zynga (for example) has entire teams of people to make sure consumer dollars flow to them and not us (indies).

You might get lucky though! :-]

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Re:Ask HN: How much money did you make from a mobile game yo... by Torgo on Monday August 31, 2015 @12:22PM (#10147526)
>mobile game market is _hard_ unless you're flight control/angry birds/candy crush.

Is there any angle to get around this, for even modest sales? Most people here seem to be saying that they barely cover cost, if that. Very discouraging :-( There has to be something that small guys can do that big guys can't.

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Re:Ask HN: How much money did you make from a mobile game yo... by Startups411 on Monday August 31, 2015 @12:36PM (#10147621)
Check out my post. I was definitely able to cover costs.
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