They Made Millions From Indie Game Development

[@leeroyjenkns5182]

Remember: you don't necessarily have to spend years of hard work to see financial success. Just good gameplay and good marketing. "Iron lung" was made in a relatively short time and currently sits at 150k copies sold ($740k), because it's author had a following to give it initial visibility and the horror community liked it.

[@ByteOfMichael]

That's a great point! Thanks!

[@matsmith2507]

Successful indie game developers: Has years of working as a professional in the industry before making a breakthrough as an indie My dumb and ambitious ass: "I'll do it in a few weeks as a beginner", "My first game will be my biggest", "How do I code to move my character?"

[@ByteOfMichael]

Nothing wrong with a bit of hope haha

[@wonkmy636]

For independent developers, how to increase exposure is the most difficult😭

[@mikhailhumphries]

Don't worry. I got you bro

[@wonkmy636]

@@mikhailhumphries Thank you for understanding. Are you also an independent game developer?

[@mikhailhumphries]

@@wonkmy636 I'm trying to develop a mobile game on android.

[@ByteOfMichael]

Marketing is definitely a challenge for sure!

[@BraveAbandon]

You're not just developing a game, you are selling it too! that means learning how to grab a strangers attention and show them the most exciting aspects of it, educating them why they will like it and why they need it, immediately. You can easily read or listen to audiobooks on marketing, sales, and storytelling. One simple sentence could increase your results by 100x or more. The book "made to stick" contains more usable knowledge on getting attention and being remembered than many other books combined. The world needs your game, so you need to succeed!

[@Cubeytheawesome]

Scott and Robtop are proof that you should follow your dreams.

[@lunkums]

this video about to blow up

[@lil_cloud_2.023]

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[@feuerherz007]

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[@ByteOfMichael]

haha cheers!

[@anispinner]

Bruhsella back at delivering top notch content

[@ByteOfMichael]

aye cheers!

[@scorpiyon_dev]

Your videos are always good! Keep up the great work!

[@ByteOfMichael]

Thanks so much!

[@Thund3rboltGaming]

Choo-Choo Charles made by 1 guy 4.8 Mil gross revenue, Cultic also made by 1 guy 860k gross revenue chapter 2 soon soo ez millionaire :)

[@ByteOfMichael]

Choo choo charles is such an interesting game idea haha

[@deliocache2528]

Add Edmund McMillan to your next video! He made super meat boy and the binding of isaac!

[@ByteOfMichael]

Great shoutout!

[@xhenryx14]

Wow! Amazing I wouldn't have imagined they made so much money!! You can also check out the game Sapiens made by one person, maybe he is not a millionaire but he made an entire world by himself. It would also be cool to see info of the other 99.9% of indie developers. How much they make and all of that 🙂

[@ByteOfMichael]

Ya there are some interesting stats on what games actually perform well on steam. I think roguelite deckbuilders are towards the top right now!

[@jasonl9266]

And the y deserve every penny because they are really hard to make . I'm not sure if your average jo or jane try to make games of this calibre ..but it is draining and tedious. Much respect!

[@VEETEEGameStudio]

One day ,one of my games will be on this list..m

[@ByteOfMichael]

Cheers!

[@emgex]

Minecraft before sold to Microsoft was a project of a single person.. He made millions already while the game was in the beta and alpha phase...

[@obo7172]

This video is nothing short of amazing! Your game design skills are truly awe-inspiring, and I found myself feeling so inspired by your work. After watching this, I decided to create my own game, and I've made a lot of money from it. I even made a video about it on my KZbin channel. Thank you for being such a wonderful source of inspiration!

[@ByteOfMichael]

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

[@ZukaraTheGame]

Lol here i am trying to make the smallest fraction of a million

[@shakampetshwa9704]

i loved this one, its really inspiring.

[@berkokgt]

can you show growtopia in another video, growtopia was developed by 2 developers in 2012, seth a. robinson and hamumu. but eventually in 2017 game sold for ubisoft but the price that they sold it for isnt available because of a contract.

[@ByteOfMichael]

Interesting, ya I'll take a look at it!

[@KrAyOnS1]

Now slash that game money sales by 30% from steam and another 40ish depending on the state you live in and you got.............. Damn I really hate taxes

[@ByteOfMichael]

And that's if a publisher doesn't take any haha

[@BlueOctopusDev]

Binding of isaac is a great one :)

[@ShaanTheAwesome]

This video was amazing but I feel like Stardew Valley deserves an honorable mention of some sorts. Just my opinion

[@ByteOfMichael]

Thank you! And I actually called out Stardew Valley in my first video for indie game millionaires here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKa9hKWJo96Fmck

[@ShaanTheAwesome]

@@ByteOfMichael Oh, i'll give that video a watch then. Thanks!

[@ITR]

good research! or so I assume, haven't finished watching yet

[@ByteOfMichael]

Appreciate it!

[@TegridyMadeGames]

gary newman gary's mod & Rust

[@chrisSandersASX]

INSPIRING

[@mindlessman3068]

Crab game

[@ByteOfMichael]

Definitely gotta add some Dani games in the next video

[@hansfritz6026]

How could you forget about flappy birds that's what got me interested in developing mobile games with unity

[@CashueTM]

How tf this got 3k views lmaoo

[@nicklasgame3798]

First

[@ByteOfMichael]

cheers!