Bay 12 Games has made $7M from the Steam release of Dwarf Fortress

Post by WXLCKNO » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 4:27 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #228

WXLCKNO wrote: post #226

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I hate that I feel guilty for playing games which require a time investment. Factorio is exactly the type of game I would like to play. However I'm "stuck" playing games with short matches and no long single player games. It's easy to put 5 minutes into Rocket League because it feels like just a burst of gaming but then you can do 20 games in a row and still put in an hour.

Don't feel guilty! At this time of year I can only find 30 minutes free here and there, and I'm currently playing Captain of Industry (similar to Factorio), the most important thing is to keep a text document with what you are doing, so you can iteratively get there across days, rather than just in one day. Basically a backlog for your own quests in the game :)

Post by thebigspacefuck » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 4:29 PM UTC

Akronymus wrote: post #227

thebigspacefuck wrote: post #217

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Wow, they raised their price? I thought their whole thing was $30 forever because they were never going on sale.

Yeah, because of having inflation close to 20% in the past year where they live.

Post by napierzaza » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 4:33 PM UTC

program_whiz wrote: post #65

Glad to see this, because they have worked long and hard on this game. For the optimistic, divide ~$4m (post-tax) by team of 2 for ~20 years (they started work in 2002). They've made some money in the meantime obviously, but seeing the final profit doesn't accurately capture the overall investment. Just in case you were thinking of quitting your day job to become an overnight millionaire making indie games.

Post by qrush » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 4:36 PM UTC

jtms wrote: post #234

qrush wrote: post #145

So very glad to see this as a long time DF player. The new version on Steam is an incredible leap, and it's clear the only way this would have happened is with a real partner that could help them bring the game to a bigger market. Excited for the next 20 years of building fortresses with my depressed dwarves.

Just spritz them with water mist and they’ll be fine!

Post by qwytw » Thu, Feb 02, 2023, 4:38 PM UTC

wongarsu wrote: post #92

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #52

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can't they book expenses? income taxes are to be paid on "net profit" and not gross receipts, right? how can you pay half of revenue as taxes? this assumes tax rate is 50% and there are no expenses?

If we assume their previous income was covering their expenses (a reasonable assumption for a 18 year old company), the $7M from Steam would be pure profit. Now I'm not sure about Washington (?) tax rates, but just for comparison: in Germany you would have paid about 35% taxes on company profits, and another 20% income/capital gains taxes if you just pay it all out to the owners. Not that this is the smartest choice,…