06/14/2026
Hi Indiana Jones fans!
I have received lots of questions about the new Indiana Jones game that needs to look like Patrick's Schoenmaker version.
But let's talk about it, there are more cons than pros. If you would think about this version today, the animated series would have to be covered by Netflix or Disney+. Now, Disney employs lots of stubborn people that ruined lots of things, so it will never happen! but Disney is greedy and wants money, if Netflix or Amazon would obtain the license it would definitely happen, but then Disney would like to keep it on their Disney+ channel as exclusives and Netflix or Amazon would not agree with that. Forget it then!
Now, the new cartoon point&click adventure game. Is it worth it or is it just for nostalgia? There are several animated adventure games on the market already that look great but barely make any money. It's lots of effort, energy-wrecking, nerves-eating, storytelling, coding, etc.
If it would be officially made by fans, it would cost at least 1-2M$, if it would be made by Lucasfilm it would cost 6-10M$. That's why fans create just short demos and then abandon the projects. It's just too much of their time for nothing and being proud is not what pays bills.
Anyway, Dale is writing a brand new story about Indy right now. If there would be a game in the making, we wouldn't call it Indiana Jones so we can sell it later. But it is very uncertain whether it will sell at all. If you look at the Steam market, even games with a 10K wishlist barely sold 500 copies. I saw the successful adventure game called The drifter, budget 1M$, its pixel art and barely made some money back. Did RTMI make money back? Did any adventure game in the last 10 years make any profit? Is there any publisher or producer who would take the risk? Even if we would use AI to speed up the workflow and lower the budget, it's still lots of credits to pay.
What do you think?
