[bhaney]

https://steam-revenue-calculator.com/app/413150/stardew-vall...

[MrZander]

69 million dollars in refunds!? That's 12% of the gross, seems crazy high. Is this pulling from actual Steam numbers?

[SXX]

Amount of refunds is usually pretty high for all less popular games. A lot of people tend to use refunds as demo.

I doubt its that high for Stardew Valley though. Simply because popular games are sold via network effect and people ususlly know what they buying.

[Wowfunhappy]

This doesn't seem high to me at all. You buy the game, try it for an hour, feel kind of meh on it or even just see a different game you think you'd like even more, and hit the refund button. If anything, I'm surprised it's only ~12%.

[giancarlostoro]

This should really put any AAA studio to shame. A single developer sold half a billion dollars on Steam alone.

[MattRix]

Why would it put them to shame? It’s an incredibly rare situation and most AAA devs would be super happy for him.

[nkrisc]

Stardew Valley is a very noteworthy achievement, but it’s not the kind of success anyone should expect to simply replicate.

Go for it, but most will not achieve a similar outcome.

[Wowfunhappy]

A winning lottery ticket would have an even better return on investment. Good luck with that business strategy.

(To be clear, Stardew Valley is a great game. But "making a breakout indie game" really does feel akin to winning the lottery to me, even if the game is fundamentally great.)

[rachr]

And over 8 million copies for the Switch.