How many indie games fail?

70% of all indie games are commercial failures. Of the 30% that are considered successful, only 7% of those games will generate enough revenue to fund a second project.

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2024-01-13 11:53:50

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What games started as indie games?
Better known “early indie” titles would start to be released towards the end of the decade, with games like Braid (2008), Minecraft (2009) and Super Meat Boy (2010) bringing in the indie scene into mainstream culture for the first time.
2023-09-03 02:51:14

What is aaa vs indie games?
AAA games
AAA games
In the video game industry, AAA (pronounced and sometimes written triple-A) is an informal classification used to categorise games produced and distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher, which typically have higher development and marketing budgets than other tiers of games.
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are 'free look,' meaning you can move the players camera all round in a first person view
first person view
Definition. First-person shooters are a type of shooter game that relies on a first-person point of view with which the player experiences the action through the eyes of the character.
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whilst Indie games are mostly associated with side scrollers at a 3rd person view where you can only move up, down, left and right.
2023-03-27 19:28:35

What is the difference between aaa and indie games?
AAA vs.
Another fundamental difference between AAA studios and indie studios is the amount of money invested in each. AAA studios tend to have multimillion-dollar budgets, whereas indie studios have a much slimmer budget, often relying on crowdfunding, like Kickstarter or Indiegogo, to help finance their projects.
2023-02-25 22:42:39

Which indie games developer made millions?
Mojang. It's the big one. With over 200 million copies sold, Minecraft is not only the best selling indie, but the best selling game ever, at least at the time of publishing. As of the end of 2021 they had a mind-blowing net worth of 1.7 billion dollars.
2023-01-25 09:48:51

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