2+ million made, Help or Hinder?

[NorthWest]

Now that this lone developer has made a small fortune in just a few months, will this push him to keep going or will this become another game that gets dropped once the check is cashed? I hope with his new found fortune,(thanks to all of us) that he looks at getting some help to keep updating and adding to this little game. He has built a solid foundation and the possibilities to add many great features to this game, I pray he doesn't see his bank account and abandon this game.

[AngelCreates]

well there are many great ideas planned on the unofficial roadmap so I dont think it will be abandoned soon...
https://supermarket-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Developers_Roadmap

[NorthWest]

I have watched the discord and that's why I asked this question, if it was the dev posting this info I would not even think twice but it's not. The dev seems too have little presences on discord or steam and understandably he's only one person but a quick post from him on development or upcoming updates would go along way. Posts on discord are nothing more then a moderator posting, who in turn have no part in the development of the game.

[LuckyLuke365]

Originally posted by AngelofTheNight:

well there are many great ideas planned on the unofficial roadmap so I dont think it will be abandoned soon...
https://supermarket-simulator.fandom.com/wiki/Developers_Roadmap

thats not an officialk roadmap.
however there is on in the main menu of the game, and seems like a few nice additions will be added.
how far he will take the game beyond that is hard to say, but he has built a large community around the game, and that makes it a bit easier to work and keep updating the game.

[Willow Rivers]

Why get help to make the game? He can make the game solo just fine. Look at Stardew Valley it has 1 guy and it has had fantastic success and it is still 1 guy with a large update coming tomorrow.

The dev is doing a fantastic job, 2 content update and several bug patches since release already.

[Buckshot]

The dev must enjoy working solo or I am sure he could have found help already. I wouldnt be surprised if he turns other devs down that want to help. Good for him. If he can do it solo, more power to him :)

[GaborBartal]

How do you know he has made 2 million?
I can't find any source for that, and the only reliable tool, SteamSpy, has gone years ago

[LuckyLuke365]

Originally posted by Buckshot:

The dev must enjoy working solo or I am sure he could have found help already. I wouldnt be surprised if he turns other devs down that want to help. Good for him. If he can do it solo, more power to him :)

game was released less then a month ago, and he had no idea of the success it would have, you think he could just pick a dev up from the street if he wanted to?

[LuckyLuke365]

Originally posted by GaborBartal:

How do you know he has made 2 million?
I can't find any source for that, and the only reliable tool, SteamSpy, has gone years ago

according to him self/from discord) he have sold over 600k copies, not sure its true, he put a question mark behind hes own answer :D

[EUKSharon]

There is 38,133 players playing the game checked on steamcharts

[morph113]

Originally posted by GaborBartal:

How do you know he has made 2 million?
I can't find any source for that, and the only reliable tool, SteamSpy, has gone years ago

I'd say even more. You can easily do the maths. The game had peaks of 50k concurrent players. Reviews are over 13,000. The reviews typically are somewhere in the range of around 5% or less of players who leave a review. It's safe to say that at least 300,000 copies have been sold easily. Like that number is guaranteed based on player numbers and reviews. That's 13 Euro per copy. I know there is regional pricing, but the majority of players for these type of games are from the US, UK or Germany or other European countries like France etc. so that would be almost 4 million Euro. Take away Steams 30% cut, that's 2.7 million Euro left for the dev.

Like to earn less than 2 million the dev would have needed to sell like less than 200k copies or something like this but based on the concurrent player numbers (which only make up a fraction of total game owners) and the review count which keeps climbing, I'm sure the game will have made probably even more than 4 million Euro at this point (after Steam cut).

Now if the dev has sold over 600k copies according to himself as some people claim, that would definitely amount to more than just 2 million in profit for him.

[Benjy]

True and steam should allow people to refund when a game stops development and this would stop abandon ware, or have a law that if a game stops developing then the copyright license if not fully finished removed/revoked.

[LuckyLuke365]

Originally posted by Benjy:

True and steam should allow people to refund when a game stops development and this would stop abandon ware, or have a law that if a game stops developing then the copyright license if not fully finished removed/revoked.

they should absolutly not, you paying for a game as it is, not for futur update, also steam cant hold the money from dev for eternity.

[NorthWest]

All I know is making this much in a short time has two possible outcomes, he laughs to the bank and never looks back or it pushes him to to hire a team and and grow the seed he's planted.

[Xamurai]

Originally posted by NorthWest:

Now that this lone developer has made a small fortune in just a few months, will this push him to keep going or will this become another game that gets dropped once the check is cashed? I hope with his new found fortune,(thanks to all of us) that he looks at getting some help to keep updating and adding to this little game. He has built a solid foundation and the possibilities to add many great features to this game, I pray he doesn't see his bank account and abandon this game.

How do you know he made a a small fortune?
how do you know it will get dropped?

[Xamurai]

Originally posted by LuckyLuke365:

Originally posted by GaborBartal:

How do you know he has made 2 million?
I can't find any source for that, and the only reliable tool, SteamSpy, has gone years ago

according to him self/from discord) he have sold over 600k copies, not sure its true, he put a question mark behind hes own answer :D

with over 600k players playing its possible. But asume its true...

12,99€ x 600k = 7.794.000 - 30% = 5.455.800 - 100€ (steamentryfee?) = 5.455.700€

want can you buy in India for 492 851 187,07 Indian rupie.?

Anyway we don't know the cost for making the game, and still devolping the game. minus taxes and not everyone bought the game at EU prices. some country's the game cost only 3.67€ (equivelant) and the game has been cheaper before...