Aevum Obscurum Revenue for 2007

[noblemaster]

I figured, I might as well share this just for the sake of it. It's last years income and expense report for my game...

Gross Income: US$2300  (membership fees: 90%, advertisements: 10%)
Expenses: ditto income or more
Net Profit: US$0…

Original Blog Entry: http://blog.aevumobscurum.com/?p=89
Game: http://www.aevumobscurum.com

[princec]

That's how it goes Thanks for posting that. I'd consider it a success meself.

Cas

[g666]

interesting. its not a huge amount but it is still impressive,  im curious about how much cas has made too

infact player numbers/units sold etc all make for interesing stats

Games published by our own members! Check 'em out!

[noblemaster]

I hope I am going to able to make about the same this year. It would cover the hosting costs. I generally charge a $20/year membership fee, although, you can play without paying. There are lots of freeloaders.    I got about 120 paying members last year. Overall I have about 17000 registered members of whom about 100-150 actively play everyday, totaling about 1000-1500 active players for 2007. Sorry, the last number is a guess.

It's a rather crude multiplayer turn-based strategy game, but it turns out there are not only older folks (33y) like me, but quite some younger people that also enjoy the game.

Hope that helps?

[SimonH]

Interesting stuff. This tallies with Runescapes figures - about 10% of players pay...

[princec]

10% is a remarkably good conversion rate! It all depends on what the upsell is.

FYI, Puppygames made about $7,000 profit last year, and that was split 50/50 between me and Chaz, so unfortunately, about a tenth of what we'd need to live on. But then we only spent about 5 months actually "working" last year on Puppygames too.

Cas

[noblemaster]

Yeah, you guys at puppygames do a great job! I especially like the graphics! 

[g666]

Hope that helps?

yes quite interesting, thanks

[blahblahblahh]

10% is a remarkably good conversion rate! It all depends on what the upsell is.

Not for online games - that's the conservative end. Top end is around 20%.

It's a different value proposition, so in a sense not even comparable to non-online-only games.