According to Video Game Insights, 2023's top 10 launches earned 61% of full games revenue from new releases on Steam.
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That’s only enough to “live on” if it’s 2-3 devs or if their spouses have good jobs. I don’t think many $100k/yr games have solo devs.

That said, I do think those are good numbers for most teams, and especially new teams on their first or second game.

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Lethal Company has literally one single person as the dev and Battlebit Remastered has 3. I don’t know why it’d be hard for game number 700 to also have a solo developer, or maybe two.

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The 700th best game in a single year damn well better be a solo dev. Even saying there are half that released in a year that aren’t shovelware is generous.

If you’re a studio that can’t do better than that you deserve to shut down.

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It’s really hard for small games to get noticed. Even if they are good.

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