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WHY this game made $10,000,000!

This video's already hitting 6x the usual views because people are desperate to understand what makes a game actually profitable—Code Monkey's breaking down the real mechanics behind a $10 million success.

Key facts

  • 6.1x Code Monkey's own 90-day median — this channel normally draws about 3.7K views at the same age.
  • 22.7K views so far, published 13 days ago.
  • Category: Education · Language: en · Quality: HD
  • "Breakout" is measured against this exact channel's trailing 90-day median at matching video age — not a generic niche average.

Updated 2026-08-07 20:10 UTC

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Watch on YouTube ↗ · Code Monkey · 604K subscribers

View trajectory

Views this upload has gathered since it published, last measured about 168h in — from our own tracking.

0h 7d after publish 22.7K views

Published Aug 7, 2026 · 13 days ago. How breakouts are measured →

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Category: Education · Language: en · Quality: HD

Topics: Action-adventure game · Video game culture

Tags: code monkey, unity, unity game development, game dev, indie game dev, indie game development, c# tutorial, steam success, marketing indie games, how to launch a game, game launch plan, playtesting

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