Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie Profile picture
Indie developer since 2005, owner of Grey Alien Games, creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro fan. Please buy our games. Thx.
Mar 22, 2019 10 tweets 3 min read
Good news everyone! It does seem like my formula of Steam week 1 sales = wishlists x 0.5 still holds true in 2019, at least based on a few devs I've spoken to.

Anyway, please wishlist our game Ancient Enemy :-)
store.steampowered.com/app/993790/Anc… How many do you need? Here's an example to break even in week 1:
- Budget = $100K
- Gross sales required in year 1 = $154K ish.
- Unit price = $15
- Full price units required = 10,266
- Pre-launch wishlists required = 20,533