Is the developer well off?

[Slotmachine]

I really enjoy this game but seeing the price and comparing it to most other games Im slightly worried if the person or people who made this are struggling and yes I know its a bit stupid to worry about people you dont know but its such a fun game and I feel they deserve to be well off so does anyone know? [ ::]

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Should be doing extremely well I'd guess, low budget + tons of sales.

[Radiowavehero]

Most of this genre of games have the same price range 5-10$ , because if you make a vampire survivors clone but it's not as good as vampire survivors and you charge more , no one will buy it.

Honestly it's worth every penny and most of those Survivor type games are too.

AAA are the ones distorting the perception of prices. 70 bucks gets you a beta tester pass to play a broken game with monetization and pay to win crap.

Support indie games , reasonable price and developers who actually care about their game and they don't have shareholders to worry about.

[Cahos Rahne Veloza]

An Indie game sells 1,000,000 copies costing only $5USD per piece versus a $60USD Triple A game that only sold 10,000 copies. Which do you think was profitable?

And No, just because a game is extremely cheap it doesn't immediately mean the game is garbage... albeit Indie games can either be a hit or a piece of hot garbage, though you xan say the same for Triple A titles too. It just so happens Vampire Survivor was a lucky SoB LOL!

[rlh445]

lol has to be the weirdest concern troll i've seen in awhile. it's literally not your concern how the dev is doing in their life, might as well worry about actual homeless or impoverished people and donate some money, time or old stuff and do some real good.

[NBOX21]

I'm sure he's doing fine financially. After all, it's not like most AAA publishers out there that always blow their budgets out of proportion and often fail to make their money back from them. Rather, games like this were made very cheaply and priced accordingly, while also being very profitable despite the budget being far lower by comparison.

The important thing that games like these always keep in mind is to be about having fun, which is something many big budget games nowadays aren't.

[GabrielDomino]

The developer said in various interviews that this game was started as a test to train himself how to code (and it's really apparent seeing the kind of levels he put on the game with the various update). He said that he wanted the price to reflect the effert he put on it, so since it was a low effort project, also the price would be low.

TL:DR
He's fine, it's a deliberate choice.