How much money I made as a game designer in 2025

Описание: In this video I summarise what I earnt as a full time board game designer in 2025, tracking what I've earnt year by year from 2020, and breaking down my earnings by game in 2025. The hope is sharing my numbers in this way encourages others to do the same, to increase transparency in the industry and help newer designers have more information as to what to expect in terms of income from game design.

Previous income overviews:
2024: https://matthewdunstan.substack.com/p...
2023: https://matthewdunstan.substack.com/p...

I'm Matthew Dunstan, a full time board game designer, based in Australia. To date I've had over 60 games published all around the world. On this channel I share advice and experience to help others grow as game designers.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:50 Some caveats
4:19 Income by year
7:14 Income by game
14:43 Digital royalties

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