A solo game developer generated over $400,000 in 12 months from his game, with only 2 Reddit posts.
“I did no paid promotion on the game, the only thing were two posts on Reddit on /r/incremental_games”
One of the best success stories of a solo game dev that I came across is of Matias Colotto an indie game dev, who developed the Idle Incremental game “Magic Research”.
[Available on Steam, App Store & Google Play]
The premium game, rated at 4.9 on GP, is a UI-based idle game where you are the headmaster of a newly created institution of Magic. The game contains various systems including exploration and fighting battles.
The game features over 40 hours of gameplay 🤯 with 6 dozen storylines to be explored.
But how did Maticolotto bring this game to reality? Let’s take a look at the interaction I had with the developer:
How did you come up with the idea?
“I love the concept of magic and the idea of using spells to solve nearly every possible situation. At the same time I felt like there’s not many quality incremental games that are not…
