6 public accounts from developers, grouped by theme, with positive and negative experiences side by side.
Each entry is one developer's public account, summarized neutrally with a short quote and a link to the original. We have not verified these claims; experiences vary and terms change. Spot an error or have a story? Tell us.
gamezdev.com blog · 2021 (to Nov 14) · original
A developer with about 50–61 games on GameDistribution reported €580 in 2019, €246 in 2020 and €255 in 2021, about €1,081 in total. Earnings rose with catalog size.
“Total earning: 1081 euro”
One developer's account.
viknesh (ModDB) · 2025-07-24 · original
First-week earnings from one HTML5 game: €0.19 for the month to date, mostly from preroll and midroll ads.
“Month to Date €0.19”
One developer's account.
@anulagarwal (X) · 2026-10-10 · original
Two new browser games uploaded to GameDistribution (and slowly to other platforms) were earning almost $11/day. He also sold licenses to web platforms.
“earning almost $11/day passively”
One developer's account.
itch.io forum reply · 2022 · original
A developer who put games on GameDistribution years earlier says their earnings were far below the payout threshold.
“about 20 years before it hits the payment threshold”
One developer's account.
HTML5GameDevs forum thread · 2019 · original
Several developers complain about late or missing payouts. One team says GameDistribution paid months late, and only after they contacted the company and posted publicly. Another poster says they hadn't been paid for a year.
“we've received payout for may and june from GD, thanks to this post”
One developer's account.
HTML5GameDevs forum thread · 2017–2018 · original
A member since 2017 reports repeatedly chasing payments and, from August 2018, not being paid at all.
“For each payment I had to beg several times”
One developer's account.
Reported earnings range from cents to a few hundred euros a year per catalog, and older forum threads describe payment delays. Check the current terms (33% of net, EUR 100 threshold) and treat it as one channel among several.
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