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How much does it cost to make a video game? (In Graphs) | 80% of Steam games have an estimated budget of less than $1,000,000

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Notable statistics

  • "From AA to AAA: A ten-fold budget difference"
  • "Unity holds 60% of the market share for games under $10m"
  • "Most games are self published, only half of those have a budget exceeding $100k. It's 3/4 when backed by a publisher"
  • "On average, 3D games have a budget 16x larger than 2D games"
  • "Multiplayer games are 2x more likely than single-player to cost over $1m"

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