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$1M+ USD PAID TO TEEN DEVELOPERS FOR USER-GENERATED CONTENT IN MOBILE SIMULATION GAME ‘MELON SANDBOX.’
Mobile game publisher PlayDucky celebrated paying over $1,000,000 USD to creators in 2025 for user-generated content in its free-to-play physics sandbox game, Melon Sandbox. The game, available on iOS, Android, and browser, has surpassed 150 million downloads and features a robust creator economy where many top earners are under 20 years old, with some making up to $80,000 from mods.
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