A selection of material about game economics and profit. Compiled for the indie developer of a visual novel or game. 
Discussions on the profitability of games and novels.
- Your game and your players should come first, don't enter into NSFW development expecting to make a profit. Read more.
Payment systems: Patreon, SubscribeStar and others.
- Patreon: can someone clearly explain what is allowed and what isn’t? Best answer: You can use Patreon to fund porn games, as long as they do no include: Underage sexualized characters, incest (including step-incest), bestiality and none consensual sex. But you can not put explicit images on your Patreon page, except when they are behind paywall, yet them staying not too explicit is better. Read topic.
- A new gaming platform for adults. Sell and showcase your games. Reddit or Spicygaming.
- Anybody tried to use Onlyfans instead of Patreon / Subscribestar? Read more.
- Unifans - alternative to Patreon with loose policy? What kind of adult content can be posted? Read the article and Reddit.
- Is it possible to open an SFW game account on Patreon and secretly raise funds for NSFW games there as well? Without the risk of being blocked. Read this discussion.
- Any stable crowd funded sites like SubscribeStar that is not banning everything like Patreon? Read answers.
Publishing.
- "Tips & Tricks - Publishing a game on Itch & Steam with a 0€ budget". A detailed description of how a developer marketed his HTML game for adults. Read.