How does Humble Bundle Work?
What is humble bundle?
Humble Bundle is a digital storefront which sells games, books, software and more. They support charities by donating a proportion of the funds raised by the products they sell. You can subscribe to Humble choice which they provide a bundle of games each month for you to keep forever, with discounts and more on their humble store. They are also a game publisher helping indie game developers all over the world.
Can I submit a game on the humble store?
You can submit your own game on their store, hosting is free. You can keep 95% proceeds after payment processing and Taxes.
You can edit your own homepage whenever you want and get access to their customer support team; they can also help you produce a widget to put on your site to help sell your game.
The Humble store features new games and discounts; if your game is featured you get to keep 75% of proceeds after payment processing and Taxes, as you’re likely to receive more sales.
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Publish with Humble Games
Humble is also a publisher, helping indie Developers support their games.
You get full support from Humble by:
- Getting funding upfront to support game development
- Marketing campaigns
- Support with multi-platform publishing
- And much more.
How do I apply?
You can submit a game using this form with the accompanied pitch deck and any other material like promotional videos, gameplay, images or concept art. Humble kindly supplies a link to a pitch deck template of their own that you can use.
What’s a pitch deck?
Think of a pitch deck as a business plan you are “pitching” to potential investors for your new upcoming project that you need funding for; the purpose is to show off your project and tell them why they should invest their time and money.
It could be a PowerPoint showing:
- In-game art or screen capture of world overview for example
- Overview of game mechanics
- Overview of game progression
- Overview of sounds design and SFX
- Game scope and vision for the game
- Gameplay loop
- Community engagement & interest (for example Wishlist’s on steam)
- Market comparison against other similar titles genres
- Full business plan of cost to complete the project
Do I need a publisher?
Do you need a publisher, maybe not?
One thing to consider is, do the benefits outweigh the cut that the publisher is going to take from your earnings? Remember if you publish a game on steam for example, they will take a 30% cut from all games you have sold, and then the publisher will also take their agreed cut from the sale; not to mention, your taxes and other fees that you may apply, i.e. Fees from a game engine if you exceed the earning potential threshold.
Stop and think
Is the deal worth it, what’s the restrictions or conditions when signing the deal.
There are a lot of things to consider when thinking about a publisher, but you may not even need one; you may already have the following or community already for your game.
Can I make money using humble?
You can earn money by becoming a partner with Humble, recommending tools, games products. This is done through affiliate links; this is a great way to earn additional income to help your project.
Click this link to learn more: Become a Humble Partner