A $200 Steam Game Briefly Nets $1.3M Before Mass Refunds
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An 18-year-old indie developer released This Game Costs 200 Dollars on Steam to test price caps; the game briefly earned about $1.3 million from 6,717 sales, but the vast majority of those copies were refunded—many from China—leaving a net just over $2,000 and highlighting quirks in Steam's pricing and refund policies.
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- Teen Indie Dev Made $2,000 From $1.3M in Game Sales games.gg
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