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Game 1 — Financial Model & Burn Calculator

Year 1 revenue model · operating burn rate · cash runway · adjust any variable to test scenarios
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Revenue & P&L
Burn Rate & Runway
Volume & Budget
Core Units Sold500,000
All-In Budget (investor-backed)$10.0M
Edition Split & Pricing
Edition Price $ Share %
Standardplatform
Premiumplatform
Foundersdirect sale
Shares sum: 100%
Platform Revenue Split
PlatformVol %Take %
Volume sums: 100%
Net Retention Factors
Regional pricing drag12%
Cancellations (platform)7%
Direct-sale costs (Founders)9%
Platform fee is now driven by the Platform Revenue Split above (volume-weighted blended take).
UGC Store (Year 1)
UGC-engaged rate (of units)42%
Y1 items / engaged player1.7
Item price$4.99
Creator revenue share30%
Total Net Revenue
Total Costs
Year 1 Net
Budget Recovered
of budget
core units needed to break even at current settings.
Year 1 P&L Detail
Line itemUnitsNet revenue
Sensitivity — Net by Volume
Metric100K300K500K1M
Sensitivity columns use all current settings except unit volume. The column nearest your slider is highlighted.
Cash Position
Current cash in bank
Reporting cadence
Weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
Revenue mode
With revenue
Standalone burn
Salary Roster
NameDept / RoleAnnual $
Total annual payroll$0
Benefits Load
BenefitTypeValue
Total benefits$0
One-Off Expenses
ItemCategoryAmount $
Total one-offs$0
Recurring Overhead
ItemCategoryAmount $Cadence
Total recurring (annualized)$0
Office, software, cloud/servers, contractors — anything recurring not in payroll. Each line bills Monthly, Quarterly, or Annually and carries a category for the Spend by Category breakdown.
months of runway at current net burn.
Gross Burn /mo
Model Revenue /mo
Y1 revenue ÷ period
Net Burn /mo
Cash in Bank
starting balance
Burn Bridge (per period)
ComponentPer MonthAnnualized
Runway Across Cadences
CadenceGross burnNet burnRunway (gross)Runway (net)
Runway = current cash ÷ burn per that cadence. Net burn credits the Year-1 model revenue spread evenly across the period; if revenue exceeds burn, the studio is cash-flow positive and runway is effectively unlimited (shown as ∞).
Department Payroll Rollup
Spend by Category