Statement by Dora Özsoy for Those Who Dream of Creating a Game

Home to the world’s giant studios in the mobile game industry, Turkey has recently started to make its presence felt on console and PC sides. One of the latest examples of this is the ‘ ‘ YouTuber and esports presenter Dora Özsoy and her team.Cardboard Town‘ happened.

Released on Steam on April 12, Cardboard Town has already been bought by tens of thousands of players. The game sold for 99 TL in Turkey, from all sales in the first week 1.3 million TL gross earnings achieved. So, how much of this income is left in your pocket?

How much income did the Turkish game sell tens of thousands of units?

Data that can be a guide for those who want to jump into the game world, Dora Ozsoy Shared by.

The first deduction of 1.3 million TL income, VAT applied in each country it happened. It is obtained by deducting VAT ranging from 5% to 25% from the account. 970 thousand TL left.

The second deduction was the US 10% tax on sales. While the USA applies 30% tax to other countries, this rate is 10% for Turkey. left behind 940 thousand TL.

Of course, Steam has to have a share in the cake. 30% of the revenue was also given to Steam, left 658 thousand TL.

Finally, we come to the taxes in Turkey. Money remaining after 18% VAT and 25% income tax, about 400 thousand TL it happened.

The game managed to pay off in its first week.

400 thousand TL doesn’t sound bad at all, but there is a big investment and effort behind it:

A net income of 400 thousand TL from the sales does not sound low. But for this income Money needs to be spent in the development process of the game. Establishing and executing developer and art teams, advertising and announcing the game internationally are just some of these costs.

So, in fact, the remaining money is almost the same as the cost of the game. But we should not forget the word Dora also shared:

You can access Cardboard Town’s Steam page by clicking this link.