To those who've sold a game using RPG Maker

[Manik Rooster]

To anyone that has sold their game made with RPG Maker, how did it feel when you got your first sale? Was the time and effort worth the reward?

 

[rambamboo]

Never sold a RPG Maker game for money but my first (and only) published game was free and it got 4000 downloads on itchio and a lot of people told me how much they loved it and that was plenty enough/worth the time and effort for me.

 

[dsiver144]

I was really nervous when I pressed the release button. My friend bought the game first so I don't know what to say xD (I'm happy about it)
And It's really great to see people discussing my game. It's got 1000 downloads. Really worth time and effort.

 

[Manik Rooster]

I was really nervous when I pressed the release button. My friend bought the game first so I don't know what to say xD (I'm happy about it)
And It's really great to see people discussing my game. It's got 1000 downloads. Really worth time and effort.

Your game looks GORGEOUS! I'm gonna have to check it out one of these days!!

 

[SeaPhoenix]

I released my first commercial game last week, and my experience was very similar to that of @dsiver144 without the 1,000 downloads. Yes, the first sale was exciting and nice, but for me it was even more rewarding to see that people enjoyed the game.

Idealistically, I'd say that yes, it was worth the time and effort (and money) because I really enjoyed making the game, but I suppose that from a more practical point of view, I should wait for the total sales number before deciding on that!

 

[Manik Rooster]

@SeaPhoenix That game looks like a lot of fun! I'm definitely going to have to pick it up one day! I like management games like that! Plus you have multiple endings! I'm SOLD!

 

[bgillisp]

Depends on what you mean. If you mean will you get your time and effort back in $$$ vs working the same time elsewhere, probably not. The market is way different than it was 6 - 7 years ago when you could release about anything on Steam and get 100,000 - 200,000 sales.

To give you an idea, I released my game last September. I'm still at a small loss in terms of how much I made vs cost to get the music, art, and scripts. Granted, it is small (< 1K) and odds are high I'll hit break-even within another year.