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Re:From throwaway side project to Switch in 2 years: my indi... by japhib on Sunday August 07, 2022 @11:01PM (#32382061)
Generally very, very little. You can generally take the number of Steam reviews on a game and multiply by 50 to get a rough, ballpark idea of how many sales the game has made. Considering this game has 3 reviews on Steam and costs $6, it’s unlikely the game has made over $1000 on that platform.

That doesn’t mean it’s not worth making games, though! I’ve released two mobile games, still updating the second one, and although they’re a far cry from being profitable vs. the amount of time I’ve put into them, I still find the process and result very fulfilling.

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Re:From throwaway side project to Switch in 2 years: my indi... by rezic on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:54AM (#32383254)
Doubtful it even made that much considering the author said most of the steam players were friends or family. That said, I don't think you should go into indie development trying to go viral and make a ton of money.

I love this blog post because it highlights how difficult, yet fun and challenging it can be to create a game from scratch. I've messed around with GameMaker Studio 2 several times and this post has inspired me to do so again. Compared to the competition it's a relatively simple game engine, but it can be fun just to mess around and see what you're able to create.

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Re:From throwaway side project to Switch in 2 years: my indi... by privacyking on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:00AM (#32382292)
How did you determine that 50x estimate rule?
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Re:From throwaway side project to Switch in 2 years: my indi... by shinymark on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:23AM (#32382373)
I’m not the prior poster but it’s a median benchmark based on real-world surveys of game developers who are willing to share their data.

(Source: I’ve participated in one such survey.)

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Re:From throwaway side project to Switch in 2 years: my indi... by Gracana on Monday August 08, 2022 @12:26AM (#32382386)
I was curious, searched a bit and found this: https://vginsights.com/insights/article/how-to-estimate-stea...

Looks like 50x is on the high side, 30x would be a more reasonable guess now.

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