Make it indie!

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Make it indie!

Short description

Claw your way through the abyss of the mind and survive the horrors that stalk you as you attempt to survive seven days as... an Indie Developer.

Developer
Sometimes You
Publisher
Sometimes You
Release
Wed, Apr 01, 2015
Price
$0.99
Reviews
420
Positive
54%
Followers
519
Owners (estimated)
1M – 2M
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Features
Steam Trading Cards, Steam Leaderboards
Tags
Indie Adventure Simulation Interactive Fiction
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$17ksomewhere between $7k and $1.8m · roughly 8K–2M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $0.89, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $0.99 launch price. That is 10% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

12 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$17k → ~$17k
Reviews 417 → 420
Followers 517 → 519
Price $0.99 → $0.99
Positive reviews 53.2% → 53.6%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 359 further data points reach back to Apr 1, 2015 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.49 on Jun 11, 2015.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Make it indie! is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Indie + Adventure + Simulation

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