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How much do indie PC devs make, anyways? (Part 7)

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If you're curious, I run the indie game store http://itch.io and I recently released a numbers break down this past month: http://itch.io/blog/2/running-an-indie-game-store-2015

very cool, thank you. Are there any other websites like yours?

Any other indie game marketplaces? Yeah there are a few: GOG, Indie Game Stand, Humble Bundle.

Other sites that release data like that, not sure.

awesome, thanks.

Itch.io is great! Thanks for creating something so good!

Thank you for creating itch.io! I already have one game jam submission up there and look forward to putting up more titles.

I had never heard of Cook, Serve, Delicious! and would have never bought it from seeing an ad or promotion, simply because the game's premise is so stupid-on-its-face...at best, it sounds like just another button pushing time management simulator...but I bought it because on Steam, it is one of the few Mac-compatible games that have an "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating. I ended up liking it a lot...there's something soothing/cathartic about running a frantic diner even after coming home from real-life work. I think the amount of polish has a lot to do with it, everything from the responsiveness of the controls to the music and sound effects.

i have to say i fully agree with your comment - i too thought cooking games were lame as hell but out of boredom, downloaded a few free cooking games on android and now i'm hooked! like you said, end of a busy day, there's something relaxing about playing a game running a busy bakery or restaurant.

> there's something soothing/cathartic about running a frantic

"Euro Truck Simulator 2" was the same way for me. At first, I thought, "That's stupid, who wants to drive a truck (around a virtual Europe) for fun?"

Then I gave it a go when it was on sale on Steam and find it incredibly relaxing after a stressful day of work and surprising fun? I now have over 100 hours sunk into it..

The bits here that are particularly interesting to me are the Steam refunds data (given how controversial that topic has been) and the accuracy of SteamSpy. It is amazing that Valve hasn't shut down SteamSpy, but it is good to know that the numbers do in fact appear to track reality pretty closely.

It's also a pretty cool contrast between the early stats for this game (part 4). I remember reading that post when it came out two years ago, and being amazed that the author was so happy and optimistic at the pretty miniscule Looks like sticking to the project rather than giving up worked out well!

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