Meltopia earned almost half a million dollars on Steam, with its creators receiving a little more than half of that amount

Evgeny Grishakov, the founding father of the Backyard of Desires studio, revealed the income of the Steam model of Meltopia — an journey recreation about looking for the stays of a mammoth. He additionally clearly defined what proportion of the sport’s gross income would in the end go to the builders and the place the remainder of it goes.

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Grishakov shared the info locally of his YouTube channel. In response to him, in complete, over practically 5 months because the launch, Meltopia offered 89,500 copies on Steam, which generated $456,900 in gross income on the platform. Though the full quantity was important, warning is suggested. Because the founding father of Backyard of Desires clarified, a considerable portion of it will likely be taken by numerous necessary funds.

In response to tough estimates, Backyard of Desires must allocate:

• 8.5% for the fee of regional taxes. After this, the sport’s stability will stay at $418,100;
• 9% for refunds (Meltopia had a refund fee of 5.2%, however Grishakov said that this was an “distinctive case” and he prefers to make use of the determine of 9% in calculations. — Ed. Observe). It will cut back the quantity to $376,970;
• 30% for Steam’s fee. Because of this, the income will lower to $263,900.

“And the remaining cash goes towards your individual taxes, staff, promoting, and funding subsequent improvement,” wrote Grishakov.

Meltopia was launched in Might 2026 on Steam and VK Play, and a number of other weeks in the past, the sport additionally arrived on GOG. Grishakov didn’t disclose the present income outdoors of the Valve retailer, however it’s recognized that inside its debut month, the VK Play model earned solely 18,527 rubles, which supposedly allowed it to safe second place on the platform’s gross sales chart at the moment. On GOG, the gross income of the journey recreation within the first 4 days amounted to $1,422.

Backyard of Desires is at the moment engaged on variations of Meltopia for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Swap, and cellular units, however it’s unclear when precisely they are going to be launched.