Indie Dev Celebrates Tangy TD’s $250K Milestone After Viral Moment
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Indie dev Cakez celebrates Tangy TD’s earnings spike after a viral moment, with the Steam back-end showing 3,676 copies sold and $31,942 in the first 30 hours, and later around $245,000 gross from 28,171 sales (2,892 refunded). All-time peak concurrent players were modest (under 800), but the four-year development paid off in six-figure-ish potential, highlighting how indie games can find substantial revenue on Steam and how SteamDB estimates can closely track sales.
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