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Updates on the development of coding puzzler Robo Instructus
Robo Instructus: 5 Years Old
I'm a game developer. I made robot engineering puzzle game Robo Instructus. For my previous posts look here.
Robo Instructus was released 5 years ago today, time flies! Let’s take a look at the last 12 months.
In the last year there have been just a couple of updates 1.35 in December & 1.35.1 today. The game is fairly old now and I don’t expect to make any big changes to it other than continuing to maintain the game & ensure it runs well.
This is probably the last year I’ll do this post publishing sales info, I think the first 5 years are probably more than enough to satisfy anyone’s curiosity.
| Sales by platform | In the last year | |
|---|---|---|
| Steam | 4882 | 439 |
| itch.io | 45 | 1 |
The vast majority of sales continue to be on Steam. Pretty similar to last year. 9% of sales coming in the 5th year actually seems a pretty good tail.
| Last year Steam sales by region | |
|---|---|
| United States | 33% |
| Russian Federation | 9% |
| Germany | 6% |
| Brazil | 4% |
| Canada | 4% |
| Netherlands | 4% |
| France | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 3% |
| Australia | 3% |
| Japan | 2% |
| Other | 29% |
| Last year Steam sales by OS | |
|---|---|
| Windows* | 86.0% |
| Linux | 9.4% |
| Mac | 4.6% |
* Steam doesn’t actually count Windows explicitly, so this tally is the sales that are not counted as Linux or Mac.
Feedback
On Steam the game is currently rated Very Positive with 84% of 58 user reviews. It’s always lovely to a see new positive user review appear.
Demo
The game has always had a demo available since release, so why not also look at the demo install stats from Steam.
| Steam demo installs | In the last year |
|---|---|
| 22980 | 5853 |
So after 5 years I can say Robo Instructus didn’t really make much money, but I’m proud of what I made. To everyone that played my little game about programming: Cheers!
You can play the Robo Instructus demo and buy the game on Steam & itch.io.