How much MONEY my first Unity mobile game made in 4 months! | Unity Mobile Monetization

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  • Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
  • 🚨 Wishlist Revolocity on Steam! store.steampow... 🚨 In today's video I'm going to go through how much money my first indie game made and how much daily passive income it now generates from just 4 months of the game being out!
    I will go through which Ad system earnt my Unity game the most money before giving you the full figures of how much my indie unity game made.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 57

  • @brandon256
    @brandon256 2 роки тому +7

    Hello, could you share the game you are talking about? thanks :)

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому +3

      Sure! Here's a link to download on the Play store: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MagpieCreative.Wordie

    • @luketorpedo
      @luketorpedo 2 місяці тому

      @@DanPos Did this get taken down as a clone? Any changes to the revenue over time?

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 місяці тому +1

      @@luketorpedo it didn't get taken down as a clone no, I just didn't bother keeping it up to date and it fell out of step with their security protocols etc.
      Revenue stayed strong for a little while after this video but then flat lined to zero once the hype died dowm

    • @luketorpedo
      @luketorpedo 2 місяці тому

      @@DanPos Thanks for the reply! Interesting on security protocols, I hadn't considered that as a possible issue.

    • @ilyes.yacine
      @ilyes.yacine Місяць тому +1

      @@luketorpedo did we all get this video recommended to us after tow years!! YT sucks, i needed this much earlier.

  • @sigma7208
    @sigma7208 Рік тому +24

    5:11 here

    • @gameginger5529
      @gameginger5529 3 місяці тому +1

      thank you , waitibg for this comment

    • @Vivek-qc8qo
      @Vivek-qc8qo 3 місяці тому

      thanks , this stupid can't even time stamp his video or add some graphic elements

  • @handssolo3030
    @handssolo3030 2 роки тому +10

    You have no idea how inspiring this is, especially to other game devs out there. Can you share the metrics/stats of the admob on those 4 months?

  • @Betruet
    @Betruet 2 роки тому +4

    I really appreciate you putting this information out. I'll pay with my subscription :)

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому

      Thanking you kindly!

  • @gunhann
    @gunhann Рік тому +3

    Please put some visuals on the video itself when you mention about the numbers. Hard to follow this way. And sometimes I fast forward but without any visuals it is not possible

  • @ASMRaphael
    @ASMRaphael 2 роки тому

    That was so super interesting and intriguing :) Loved the video to bits my dear friend :)

  • @mosasaurus2211
    @mosasaurus2211 2 роки тому +1

    One word can describe what I think this video’s topic is about: Stonks
    But other than that, it was interesting to see how much money your unity game made 4 months, it was really cool to hear the analytics (?) and stuff

  • @NebMotion
    @NebMotion 2 роки тому +1

    im already subscribed so i paid with a like

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому +1

      And I thank you that 😀

  • @gamitoon1151
    @gamitoon1151 Рік тому +3

    U can create a lot profit ,20-30 k dollars probably in a month ,just select a suitable game ,there is a game u can make similar and advance game like that by changing characters and design through that u can achieve such success,i don't know about gaming development but have ideas 💡,and u know how to create game ,let me know if u interested ,i don't have money but i can arrange some $ for u to make such game like that

  • @MiniatureGiantsGameDev
    @MiniatureGiantsGameDev 2 роки тому +3

    so did you make the bulk of that cash from banner ads? Surprised the rewarded ads did so poorly, and also the number of ad requests relative to your number of installs in bonkers good. Good job. Subbed.

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks! Yeah just the one banner ad!

  • @DanPos
    @DanPos  2 роки тому +3

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    • @FlameHaze285
      @FlameHaze285 2 роки тому

      Is this coupon no longer valid?

  • @rubypedde7379
    @rubypedde7379 2 роки тому +8

    Unity games never ever pay out, I cashed out over $3000 and didn't receive 1 single penny.

    • @BrainUser
      @BrainUser 2 роки тому +3

      Really ?

    • @wadie4682
      @wadie4682 5 місяців тому

      His game is bad probably ​@@BrainUser

  • @RobLang
    @RobLang 2 роки тому +2

    Interesting! It sounds that you did it for the experience of releasing your own game, which has way more value than the money you made but... What's your return on investment? Perhaps best way to calculate that is to subtract any costs, then work out how much your spare time is "worth" (what would you accept as a part time salary hourly rate) then multiply that by hours spent on it. Finally subtract the cost of hours worked on it from your net revenue. Naturally, only for interest sake.

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому +8

      Well I have a full time job so I was technically being paid (in annual leave terms while I worked on this)
      My freelance rate for things is usually around £30 an hour - the initial prototype took 7 hours
      £30 x 7
      = £210
      Plus I probably spent about another 21 hours on patching etc.
      £210 x 3
      +£630
      - - -
      £840
      + £20 (Google Play console fee)
      - - -
      £860 Total Costs.
      - - -
      £610 (4 Months Earning)
      - £860 (Total Costs)
      = -£250
      ....well shit :P

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому

      @@nooonde living that indie dream at a financial loss

    • @RobLang
      @RobLang 2 роки тому

      @@DanPos actually, that's not bad at all. As long as you keep your costs down going forward then the long tail will see it turn a profit eventually.
      Now the next tough-ish question - do you consider that a success? I know that your metric for success to get a game out there and being downloaded, so... yes, that would be a success, but now you can see your thumb-in-the-air estimate, are you happy with it?

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому

      @@RobLang yeah I'm very happy with it as it didn't really "cost" me anything as I was just on annual leave and sat around the house, and the money raised allowed me to pick up a TV for my office and a display tablet to help with gamedev - any long tail is now going to be put into savings along with my UA-cam money to make a van 🚐

  • @nobobonobo
    @nobobonobo 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the video, m8. How do you like using unity? Would you recommend it to someone starting out? Also, is it normal that unity ads doesn't work?

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому +1

      I really enjoy Unity, it's very easy to get the hang of !
      I'm not sure about the ads, I think maybe I set them up wrong? I'm not sure as they all seemed to be working yet no money came in whereas AdMob worked straight away

  • @YadroGames
    @YadroGames 2 роки тому +1

    Bro why you dont share Admob or AD Screen shots

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому

      Why would I need to share the screenshots?

    • @YadroGames
      @YadroGames 2 роки тому

      @@DanPos this is interesting to me

    • @atheistxavier9477
      @atheistxavier9477 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@DanPos to provide proofs obviously, ur just capping lol

  • @mohamedredjem1237
    @mohamedredjem1237 6 місяців тому

    So after 2 years how much it's make ?

  • @donjohnson4347
    @donjohnson4347 2 роки тому +1

    How did u market it to get so much install

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому +1

      I didn't market it at all, think this was just on the back of the Wordle hype and some good SEO

    • @donjohnson4347
      @donjohnson4347 2 роки тому

      @@DanPos Wow, keep it up

  • @Wishbone_Games
    @Wishbone_Games 2 роки тому

    I was thinking i shouldnt put my game on the play store becausr chances are, nobody is gonna find it... but this is kind of giving me some torn feelings about it. Im not sure if i should make a mobile version..

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому +1

      I'd go through it, just so you know what the process and it will be easier the second time etc

    • @Wishbone_Games
      @Wishbone_Games 2 роки тому

      @@DanPos yea i think i will, i am interested in how making mobile game controls and all of that works anyway.

  • @rishiniranjan1746
    @rishiniranjan1746 8 місяців тому

    I am your 610th like

  • @nela_zviadi
    @nela_zviadi Рік тому

    did u really get that much revenue from only unity ads network?

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  Рік тому

      I used AdMob not unity ads

  • @coconut-nx5uk
    @coconut-nx5uk 2 роки тому

    Is your discord up since I can't join it?

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  2 роки тому +1

      Should be! I've had two people join an hour or so ago

    • @coconut-nx5uk
      @coconut-nx5uk 2 роки тому

      @@DanPos All good now!

  • @mrsdouglas1973
    @mrsdouglas1973 Рік тому

    I stop paying untity because it never pays anything waste of time

  • @LeviAckerman-xt7dx
    @LeviAckerman-xt7dx Рік тому +3

    This video is FULL OF LIE. No offense but as a game developer myself with mobile games published on google play. You're just spewing non-sense. The numbers don't line up!
    864 USD for just one banner ad on your home screen? Are you treating us like fools? Then it's from 300,000 ad request? Not even an Impression? Just a request that means the actual impression is much more lower than 300,000. Let's say 150k impression. So you're saying now that your banner ad ECPM is 8 USD? What a lie. Another point is you're saying you've gathered 300,000 ad request from your little 3k installs?
    Plus the fact that there's zero screenshot of your ad network report/dashboard shared in your video.
    For context banner ads usually are less than $1 ECPM.

    • @DanPos
      @DanPos  Рік тому +5

      Normally I'd just ignore people going on the attack, but also don't like being called a liar 🙄
      At the peak I was getting around £13 ECPM - here's my analytics: imgur.com/a/5FnE6KL

  • @samanthanavarro2095
    @samanthanavarro2095 Рік тому

    The creators email was in my app I downloaded. I made money for them. They add their own email and PayPal