Demo model
Achievements
- Back in the blackCumulative cash flow reaches zeroMonth 6, Jun 2027
- 10,000 playersPlayer base reaches 10,000 copiesMonth 4, Apr 2027
- 100,000 playersPlayer base reaches 100,000 copiesMonth 7, Jul 2027
- Wishlist goal200,000 wishlists by releaseMonth 4, Apr 2027
- First millionDeveloper revenue reaches $1,000,000Month 6, Jun 2027
- DLC paid offDLC revenue covers DLC costsMonth 12, Dec 2027
Developer revenue and cumulative cash flow, USD
Event calendar
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Calculation table
| Indicator | Jan 2027 | Feb 2027 | Mar 2027 | Apr 2027 | May 2027 | Jun 2027 | Jul 2027 | Aug 2027 | Sep 2027 | Oct 2027 | Nov 2027 | Dec 2027 | Jan 2028 | Feb 2028 | Mar 2028 | Apr 2028 | May 2028 | Jun 2028 | Jul 2028 | Aug 2028 | Sep 2028 | Oct 2028 | Nov 2028 | Dec 2028 | Jan 2029 | Feb 2029 | Mar 2029 | Apr 2029 | May 2029 | Jun 2029 | Jul 2029 | Aug 2029 | Sep 2029 | Oct 2029 | Nov 2029 | Dec 2029 |
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| Wishlists in the pool | 128,000 | 156,000 | 184,000 | 217,000 | 192,450 | 195,639 | 204,748 | 207,629 | 210,438 | 225,177 | 227,548 | 239,859 | 241,863 | 243,816 | 253,721 | 255,378 | 256,993 | 258,569 | 260,104 | 268,602 | 269,887 | 271,139 | 272,361 | 281,552 | 282,513 | 283,450 | 290,364 | 291,105 | 291,827 | 292,532 | 293,218 | 298,888 | 299,416 | 299,930 | 300,432 | 305,921 |
| Copies from wishlists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32,550 | 4,811 | 4,891 | 5,119 | 5,191 | 5,261 | 5,629 | 5,689 | 5,996 | 6,047 | 6,095 | 6,343 | 6,384 | 6,425 | 6,464 | 6,503 | 6,715 | 6,747 | 6,778 | 6,809 | 7,039 | 7,063 | 7,086 | 7,259 | 7,278 | 7,296 | 7,313 | 7,330 | 7,472 | 7,485 | 7,498 | 7,511 | 7,648 |
| Organic copies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,000 | 13,500 | 12,150 | 19,683 | 9,842 | 8,857 | 10,762 | 7,174 | 9,040 | 5,811 | 5,230 | 13,180 | 4,236 | 3,813 | 3,432 | 3,088 | 8,894 | 2,502 | 2,251 | 2,026 | 2,462 | 1,641 | 1,477 | 5,318 | 1,196 | 1,077 | 969 | 872 | 3,533 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 3,750 |
| Copies from ads | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Copies sold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49,550 | 20,311 | 19,041 | 26,802 | 17,032 | 16,118 | 18,391 | 14,863 | 17,036 | 13,858 | 13,326 | 21,523 | 12,621 | 12,238 | 11,896 | 11,591 | 17,610 | 11,249 | 11,030 | 10,835 | 11,501 | 10,704 | 10,563 | 14,577 | 10,474 | 10,373 | 10,282 | 10,203 | 13,005 | 10,235 | 10,248 | 10,261 | 13,398 |
| Refunded copies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,478 | 1,016 | 952 | 1,340 | 852 | 806 | 920 | 743 | 852 | 693 | 666 | 1,076 | 631 | 612 | 595 | 580 | 880 | 562 | 551 | 542 | 575 | 535 | 528 | 729 | 524 | 519 | 514 | 510 | 650 | 512 | 512 | 513 | 670 |
| Copies after refunds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47,073 | 19,296 | 18,089 | 25,462 | 16,181 | 15,312 | 17,472 | 14,120 | 16,184 | 13,165 | 12,659 | 20,447 | 11,990 | 11,626 | 11,301 | 11,011 | 16,729 | 10,686 | 10,478 | 10,294 | 10,926 | 10,169 | 10,035 | 13,848 | 9,950 | 9,854 | 9,768 | 9,693 | 12,355 | 9,724 | 9,736 | 9,748 | 12,728 |
| Player base | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47,073 | 66,368 | 84,457 | 109,919 | 126,099 | 141,412 | 158,883 | 173,003 | 189,188 | 202,353 | 215,012 | 235,459 | 247,449 | 259,075 | 270,375 | 281,387 | 298,116 | 308,802 | 319,281 | 329,574 | 340,500 | 350,669 | 360,704 | 374,552 | 384,503 | 394,356 | 404,125 | 413,817 | 426,172 | 435,896 | 445,631 | 455,379 | 468,107 |
| Copies: First DLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,760 | 2,370 | 2,279 | 3,680 | 2,158 | 2,093 | 2,034 | 1,982 | 3,011 | 1,924 | 1,886 | 1,853 | 1,967 | 1,830 | 1,806 | 2,493 | 1,791 | 1,774 | 1,758 | 1,745 | 2,224 | 1,750 | 1,752 | 1,755 | 2,291 |
| Sales: First DLC | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $207,396 | $23,673 | $22,764 | $36,768 | $21,560 | $20,905 | $20,321 | $19,801 | $30,082 | $19,216 | $18,842 | $18,510 | $19,647 | $18,286 | $18,045 | $24,902 | $17,893 | $17,719 | $17,565 | $17,429 | $22,216 | $17,485 | $17,507 | $17,528 | $22,888 |
| Copies: Second DLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26,366 | 1,220 | 1,204 | 1,662 | 1,194 | 1,182 | 1,172 | 1,163 | 1,483 | 1,167 | 1,168 | 1,170 | 1,527 |
| Sales: Second DLC | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $395,225 | $18,292 | $18,051 | $24,910 | $17,899 | $17,725 | $17,571 | $17,435 | $22,223 | $17,491 | $17,513 | $17,534 | $22,895 |
| Game discount | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 55% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Game price after discount | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $22.49 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $16.24 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $14.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $12.50 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $11.25 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $10.00 |
| Sales to buyers | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,058,708 | $482,199 | $452,042 | $509,029 | $404,354 | $382,657 | $436,614 | $352,859 | $611,846 | $352,666 | $339,120 | $368,897 | $321,186 | $311,433 | $302,732 | $294,976 | $280,918 | $286,267 | $280,698 | $275,745 | $687,905 | $290,699 | $286,878 | $222,842 | $284,453 | $281,694 | $279,247 | $277,082 | $183,372 | $277,969 | $278,319 | $278,659 | $173,013 |
| Sales tax | $0 | $0 | $0 | $127,045 | $57,864 | $54,245 | $61,083 | $48,522 | $45,919 | $52,394 | $42,343 | $73,422 | $42,320 | $40,694 | $44,268 | $38,542 | $37,372 | $36,328 | $35,397 | $33,710 | $34,352 | $33,684 | $33,089 | $82,549 | $34,884 | $34,425 | $26,741 | $34,134 | $33,803 | $33,510 | $33,250 | $22,005 | $33,356 | $33,398 | $33,439 | $20,762 |
| Chargebacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,863 | $849 | $796 | $896 | $712 | $673 | $768 | $621 | $1,077 | $621 | $597 | $649 | $565 | $548 | $533 | $519 | $494 | $504 | $494 | $485 | $1,211 | $512 | $505 | $392 | $501 | $496 | $491 | $488 | $323 | $489 | $490 | $490 | $305 |
| Steam share | $0 | $0 | $0 | $278,940 | $127,046 | $119,100 | $134,115 | $106,536 | $100,819 | $115,036 | $92,968 | $161,204 | $92,918 | $89,349 | $97,194 | $84,624 | $82,054 | $79,761 | $77,718 | $74,014 | $75,423 | $73,956 | $72,651 | $181,244 | $76,591 | $75,584 | $58,713 | $74,945 | $74,218 | $73,574 | $73,003 | $48,314 | $73,237 | $73,329 | $73,419 | $45,584 |
| Withholding tax | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Developer revenue: game | $0 | $0 | $0 | $650,860 | $296,441 | $277,901 | $312,934 | $248,584 | $235,245 | $268,416 | $216,926 | $248,643 | $202,254 | $194,486 | $204,183 | $184,201 | $178,607 | $173,617 | $169,169 | $154,206 | $164,174 | $160,980 | $158,140 | $167,852 | $156,225 | $154,172 | $106,374 | $152,869 | $151,386 | $150,071 | $148,907 | $85,412 | $149,385 | $149,572 | $149,755 | $78,217 |
| Developer revenue: DLC | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $127,501 | $14,554 | $13,995 | $22,604 | $13,254 | $12,852 | $12,493 | $12,173 | $18,494 | $11,813 | $11,584 | $11,379 | $255,050 | $22,487 | $22,191 | $30,622 | $22,004 | $21,790 | $21,601 | $21,433 | $27,320 | $21,502 | $21,529 | $21,555 | $28,146 |
| Developer revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $650,860 | $296,441 | $277,901 | $312,934 | $248,584 | $235,245 | $268,416 | $216,926 | $376,144 | $216,808 | $208,480 | $226,786 | $197,455 | $191,459 | $186,110 | $181,342 | $172,699 | $175,988 | $172,564 | $169,519 | $422,902 | $178,712 | $176,363 | $136,996 | $174,872 | $173,176 | $171,672 | $170,341 | $112,732 | $170,887 | $171,101 | $171,311 | $106,363 |
| Marketing | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| Live ops | $0 | $0 | $0 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| DLC launch | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $120,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $180,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DLC support | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 | $11,000 |
| Other expenses | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total expenses | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $50,000 | $175,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 | $241,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 | $61,000 |
| Operating cash flow | −$20,000 | −$20,000 | −$20,000 | $600,860 | $246,441 | $227,901 | $262,934 | $198,584 | $185,245 | $218,416 | $166,926 | $201,144 | $161,808 | $153,480 | $171,786 | $142,455 | $136,459 | $131,110 | $126,342 | $117,699 | $120,988 | $117,564 | $114,519 | $181,902 | $117,712 | $115,363 | $75,996 | $113,872 | $112,176 | $110,672 | $109,341 | $51,732 | $109,887 | $110,101 | $110,311 | $45,363 |
| Cumulative cash flow | −$820,000 | −$840,000 | −$860,000 | −$259,140 | −$12,700 | $215,201 | $478,136 | $676,719 | $861,964 | $1,080,381 | $1,247,307 | $1,448,451 | $1,610,259 | $1,763,739 | $1,935,525 | $2,077,980 | $2,214,439 | $2,345,549 | $2,471,891 | $2,589,590 | $2,710,578 | $2,828,142 | $2,942,661 | $3,124,563 | $3,242,275 | $3,357,639 | $3,433,635 | $3,547,507 | $3,659,683 | $3,770,356 | $3,879,697 | $3,931,428 | $4,041,315 | $4,151,416 | $4,261,727 | $4,307,090 |