[2023] Seasonal events probably are why season 4 seams smaller

Your math is a bit off. You need to consider sales, license fees, Steam/ Sony/Microsoft takes a cut, publisher takes a cut, hardware and software costs, backend, rent, insurance, utilities, food, marketing, and paying 30+ industry professionals for years. We also have the occasional party at the office.

We’re also investing in developers in our local area to bolster the game dev environment here + our new publishing branch and investing in the future. Most of our founders bike or commute to work, and live where they lived 6 years ago, so there are no gold plated Teslas pulling into the office yard. Also, we don’t have any parking spots at the office, so maybe that’s part of it.

Yes and no. We are expanding, but slowly. We need the right people, we need space for them, and we need to have the internal structure to manage the teams too. There are many reasons to not just put up new desks and fill the spot easily. Crew needs to be managed, and getting to a spot where you can do that also takes time.