Stick It to the Stickman
GameBy Free Lives
3 documents in the library are about Stick It to the Stickman, from writers such as Games Industry Africa. Each has a summary and key insights with the page they come from.
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On Steam
Steam estimates as of 9 Oct 2026. Revenue is premium revenue on Steam only: game sales, without DLC.
- Revenue to date
- $1.2M
- Units sold
- 304K
- Last 12 months
- $613K
- 144K units
- Price
- $11.99
- Positive reviews
- 95%
- of 9,124 reviews
- Peak players
- 2,792
- at the same time
- Followers
- 24K
- Average playtime
- 6 h
| Year | Share of the best year | Revenue | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $738K | 209K | |
| 2026 so far | $468K | 95K |
On Steam since Aug 18, 2025 · Developer Free Lives · Publisher Devolver DigitalSteam store page
Documents about Stick It to the Stickman
Dressmaker: Critical Consensus
The release of Dressmaker, a cozy sewing and design simulator developed by the Cape Town-based studio Cozy Lives, marks a significant commercial and critical success for the South African game development sector.
- Cape Town-based studio Cozy Lives, a team operating within Free Lives, launched the sewing simulator Dressmaker on September 21, 2026, to immediate commercial success.
- Within 24 hours of release, Dressmaker reached number four on Steam’s global Top Sellers chart, outperforming major titles like Silent Hill: Townfall and Control: Resonant.
- The game holds a 95% 'Very Positive' user rating on Steam and has surpassed 6,000 concurrent players.
Monthly Unit Sales Overview: March 2026
The March 2026 unit sales overview highlights the continued market dominance of South African-developed video games across major gaming platforms.
- Broforce led the March 2026 multi-platform market for South African-developed games with over 10,000 units sold.
- Stick It to the Stickman and Anger Foot both achieved strong commercial performance, each exceeding 8,000 units in total multi-platform sales.
- Stick It to the Stickman was the top-selling title on Steam with approximately 8,200 units, followed by Anger Foot at 6,000 units and Broforce at 4,100 units.
African Games Step Into the Spotlight: September PC and Console Sales Analysis
The September 2025 sales analysis highlights the growing international competitiveness of the African game development sector, specifically focusing on the performance of titles on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox.
- South African-developed titles 'Broforce' and 'Anger Foot' have emerged as top-performing console games on Xbox and PlayStation, demonstrating that African studios can compete internationally with larger global developers.
- The Steam marketplace presents a significant barrier to entry for African developers, where titles like 'Terra Nil' are heavily overshadowed by the massive sales volume of global indie hits like 'Stick It to the Stickman,' which sold nearly 90,000 units in September 2025.
- Console platforms currently offer higher relative visibility for African-made games compared to the crowded Steam ecosystem, which requires more aggressive marketing strategies for local studios to achieve success.
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