alt Hacker NewsTBH the profit margin on this game is probably closer to 100% than 10%, it was a solo-dev game so never much overhead, I think one guy was hired to work on it.
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kevinh • last Wednesday at 4:11 PM
Valve's 30% cut would lower it substantially. Taxes might put it beneath 50%.
3eb7988a1663 • last Wednesday at 4:18 PM
The game has also been on sale numerous times for less than $15. It is currently available on Steam for $9
kiba • last Wednesday at 4:08 PM
He also put an insane amount of effort, far more than most of us mortals.
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ehnto • last Wednesday at 4:12 PM
All the game markets take huge cuts. Steam is 30% if I recall correctly.
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jasonjmcghee • last Wednesday at 4:13 PM
Well he made a 10% deal with a publisher iirc and steam gets 30% - so that's a chunk right there
foxrider • last Wednesday at 4:12 PM
Steam takes 30%, other stores take 10-20%
geon • last Wednesday at 4:15 PM
Presumably he spent years working on it. His own time should be subtracted from the revenue too.
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30% off the top for most stores (Valve/Steam, Apple/iPhone, Google/Android, etc), then around 50% taxes between state, local... some fixed expenses and overhead. It's probably well under 20% in the bank after all is said and done. That said, it's still a lot of money.