How Long Does It Take to Make a Game by Yourself? // Indie Game Hours

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How long does it take to make a video game? How long does it take to make a game by yourself? The answer depends on a lot of things: what kind of a game you are making, how experienced you are etc.

I tracked all the hours I spent making Mortal Glory and separated them into different tasks. Let's see what the data says!

How much does it cost to make a game? // List of game development costs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn34cfKDkSc

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0:00 Intro
0:56 Preparing the Data
3:03 Hours spent by month
6:15 Hours spent by task
8:25 Tasks pie chart

I go through the tasks in more detail in the video, but here is the raw data:

TASK HOURS
Audio 23
Bugfixing 109
Communication 36
Content 101
DLC 276
Graphics 133
Implementation 406
Learning 48
Localization 160
Marketing 170
Planning 63
Research 14
Steam setup 24
Testing 104
Unknown 14


MONTH HOURS

2019
Apr 133
May 98
Jun 93
Jul 119
Aug 130
Sep 126
Oct 80
Nov 88
Dec 91

2020
Jan 68
Feb 103
Mar 68
Apr 77
May 86
Jun 86
Jul 116
Aug 66
Sep 36
Oct 3
Nov 13
Dec 1
Grand Total 1681



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