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Re:Cities: Skylines II by rishav_sharan on Monday March 06, 2023 @10:59PM (#35051377)
> He's made over $300 million in revenue so far and might be the first solo game dev (or even regular software dev) to hit $1 billion in the course of the game's existence.

That would be Notch, who made Minecraft

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Re:Cities: Skylines II by satvikpendem on Monday March 06, 2023 @11:13PM (#35051472)
Was Notch a solo dev when he sold to Microsoft? I think he had a team already. The Stardew Valley creator still doesn't have a full time team, I believe.
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Re:Cities: Skylines II by eps on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @02:00AM (#35052432)
As of May last year Stardew Valley sold over 20 mil copies, so 300 mil sounds about right. As staggerring as it is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardew_Valley#Sales

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