How much do Indie Game Revenue and Economics YouTube channels make?

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Browse Indie & Retro Gaming YouTube niches, compare earnings across the Niche Finder analytics hub, or review the top channels below.

Xsolla

4.8K subscribers · about 7 uploads a month

~$637.4K total earned est.$340K to $934.9K all time42.5M views

Going Indie

132K subscribers · about 3 uploads a month

~$419.1K total earned est.$223.5K to $614.6K all time27.9M views

The Art Economist

8.1K subscribers · about 7 uploads a month

~$12.8K total earned est.$6.8K to $18.8K all time852.3K views

The Money Paradox

1.5K subscribers · about 2 uploads a month

~$3.6K total earned est.$1.9K to $5.2K all time238.6K views

Top Indie Game Revenue and Economics videos usually run about 24 to 40 minutes and earn an estimated $752 to $2.1K per video, which works out to $1.5K to $4.1K a month if you post at this niche's typical pace of 2 videos a month. The best ones below pulled in far more views than their channels had subscribers, the clearest sign a brand new channel can still land a hit here.

The strongest recent example is “How Free Games Trick You Into Spending Money”, which reached 4.2M views from a 132K subscriber channel. Channels in Indie & Retro Gaming often post about new video every 12.9 weeks, so consistency matters as much as one viral upload.

Last updated

Jun 11, 2026

Data source

Public YouTube discovery

Built from publicly available channels and videos matched to this niche.

Confidence

Confidence is highest when a niche has many long-form breakout videos with known subscriber counts. Percentile ranges are precomputed from the analyzed sample; thin niches may show wider ranges or missing percentiles.

• We take a video's public view count and estimate how much ad revenue it earned, using a typical pay-per-view rate for this niche. The result is a range (low to high).
• A channel's total estimated earnings are the sum of all its individual video estimates, across the channel's entire history.
• These estimates assume all views earned ad revenue. In reality many channels have not turned on ads, so real earnings are usually lower.
• Actual earnings depend on the creator's monetization status, audience location, ad formats, sponsorships, and more.
• Verified data comes from visible YouTube channel pages and video listings. Estimated data is filled in from related channels when direct info was not available.
• Data is independently sourced from public information. NoodleTomato is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube.

Read the full methodology on the Niche Finder methodology page.