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Minecraft is the exception that proves the rule. There have been perhaps 5 indie games in the last 10 years that made it big money wise.
by jnwatson 4y ago
Minecraft is the exception that proves the rule. There have been perhaps 5 indie games in the last 10 years that made it big money wise.
- redblacktree 4y agoI'm not sure how much money they made, but off the top of my head, Factorio, Stardew Valley, and Terraria were all indie dev games that became hugely popular. And I suspect that most indie titles with any popularity make money for their creators, even if they aren't minting billionaires the way Minecraft did.
- gmueckl 4y agoYes, well, the fact is that only a teeny tiny fraction of indie games gets even the remote possibility of a glimmer of a hope of achieving something even closely resembling any kind of popularity. The vast majority of game releases on Steam just sell maybe a few 100 copies. That's it. These games just don't get seen. The market is too flooded with releases for any conceivable storefront to display that catalog fairly.