How much do video games cost to make? How much should you budget for your indie game? How much money should you save before going full indie? We get these types of question a lot! For any aspiring game developer out there, it's important to not just know how much it can cost to make all sorts of games, but also where these costs come from and how budgets for creating games are decided upon. In this video we are going to look at 5 REAL WORLD examples of video game production budgets. CORRECTIONS: Our apologies to Dim Bulb Games. The amount cited in the Medium article was not the full development budget. Also, Johnnemann NordhagenI is not a first-time dev. He's worked on games for over 16 years and has shipped a number of titles including Bioshock 2 and Gone Home. ► 7 Ways to Fund Your Indie Game! [2019] ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLPS-R_VWdM ► Ask Gamedev Community Member Game of the Week - Must Dash Amigos► https://store.steampowered.com/app/1049820/Must_Dash_Amigos/ ► A New Gamedev Video Every Week! Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd_lJ4zSp9wZDNyeKCWUstg ► About Ask Gamedev We're a group of game industry veterans that make videos on games, the game industry, and more! This channel is for anyone that's interested in video game development. ► Follow us Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/askgamedev/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askgamedev/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/askgamedev Web: http://www.askgamedev.com/ ► Check out Ask Gamedev on Discord! Chat about game development in realtime. https://discord.gg/RuhjHzZ ► Further Reading ► ►► https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/2019/07/05/anniversary-shovel-knight-2-5-million-copies/ ►► http://weatherfactory.biz/state-of-the-factory-year-1/ ►► https://medium.com/@johnnemann/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-postmortem-211a1f9d791a ►► https://steamcommunity.com/app/274500/discussions/0/405691491102673468/?tscn=1456139312#c405692224242982114 ►► http://documents.latimes.com/bungie-activision-contract/