7 Game Publishing Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Game Publishing Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a game publishing business:

1. UltraShock Gaming ($15K/year)

Hassan, the founder and CEO of UltraShock Gaming, came up with the idea for his indie game marketing firm when he noticed the struggles indie game developers faced in getting their games on large PC platforms like Steam. Inspired by their frustrations, he decided to create a platform to help these developers with marketing, copywriting, and beta testing in exchange for a percentage of profits. With a community of over 500,000 gamers, UltraShock Gaming has generated $15k in revenue per year, with $12k in profit.

How much they make: $15K/year
How much did it cost to start: $4K
Current team size: 1

How I Started And Sold A $15K/Year Video Game Marketing Business

Aspiring founders looking to start a profitable business can learn from the story of how Hassan founded UltraShock Gaming, an indie game marketing firm, built up an audience of over 500,000 gamers, and generated $15k in annual revenue (with $12k profit) in just 2 years by offering marketing and advertising services for indie game developers.

About

Hassan started UltraShock Gaming over 8 years ago

Revenue

Hassan grew the business to $1.25K/month

Costs

It cost Hassan $4000 to start the business

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4. Y8

At Y8 Games, there are over 70,000 games and videos available to play online. We are leading in the latest Unity3D car and dress up games. Y8.COM a leader in online games for over 10 years.

5. Simon Fraser University

Website traffic: 5.28M/month

So... can you actually make money with a game publishing business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

7. The Interaction Design Foundation

Online UX design courses and literature created by design experts. Don Norman: "A goldmine of information on interaction design."

Website traffic: 1.32M/month