Shooting Video Games Development Business

3 Tips For Starting A Successful Shooting Video Games Development Business (2025)

Updated: April 15th, 2025

Want to start your own shooting video games development business? Here are some tips you should know:

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a shooting video games development business:

#1: Thomas Gullen, founder of Scirra Ltd:

We chatted with with Thomas, founder of Scirra Ltd ($100K/month). In our interview, Thomas says:

We’re currently generating in the region of $100k per month in revenue - a number if you’d told me and Ashley 10 years ago we’d be generating I don’t think either of us would've believed it.

Additionally:

Whatever you’re building doesn’t need to be perfect, it doesn’t even need to look good - it’s just imperative to get something out the door as quickly as possible and start selling it. Small incremental improvements quickly add up over the months.

Further:

You will run into problems that seem impossible - but there’s usually a way to solve them if you keep getting up every morning with fresh resolve to chip away at it.

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