Unity game and app development
A whole build, from an empty Unity project to something people can install. I take the parts most teams have to split between a programmer, a technical artist, and whoever ends up owning the build pipeline — which is usually where the schedule goes.
The rate is how an estimate gets built — you aren't buying an hourly meter. Work is scoped into deliverables and milestones at a fixed fee, agreed in writing before anything starts.
What this covers
- Project architecture, conventions, and Unity setup
- Gameplay, app features, and the systems underneath them
- UI, menus, and the states between them
- Art, animation, and audio integration
- Performance work against the hardware it actually has to run on
- Builds, signing, store listings, and getting through review
- Handover documentation, and a session to walk your team through it
People usually come to me with
- You have a concept or a design document and no team to build it.
- You have a team, and it is full.
- You want one person accountable for the whole build rather than a seam between two contractors.
What it usually costs
One platform, nothing added, and priced as minimum viable product on a standard schedule. Complexity, scheduling, extra platforms, and add-ons move it from there — the estimator does all of that live, as you answer.
| Size | Effort | Roughly |
|---|---|---|
Tiny One idea, one screen, one loop. A tip calculator, a Wordle, a Flappy Bird. | 200 hrs 8 weeks | $20,800 – $31,200 |
Small A handful of features that hang together. A habit tracker like Streaks, a to-do app like Things, a match-3 like Candy Crush. | 400 hrs 16 weeks | $41,600 – $62,400 |
Medium Accounts, sync, and either a lot of screens or a campaign's worth of content. Strava, Duolingo, Untitled Goose Game. | 960 hrs 38 weeks and 2 days | $99,850 – $149,750 |
Large A platform, or a full title with real depth to it. Notion, Figma, Hollow Knight. | 2360 hrs 94 weeks and 2 days | $245,450 – $368,150 |
This is a preliminary estimate based on the information provided. Real-time work is sensitive to target hardware and asset quality, so the final quote is confirmed after review and may change if scope changes.
Price my projectAlso on offer
VR, AR, and spatial work — headset experiences, training, installations, and interactive pieces.
Shaders, VFX, rigging, lighting, and look development.
Editor tooling, automation, and reusable packages for your team.
One system — a mechanic, a controller, an inventory — built to drop into what you already have.
A read on a project you already have: performance, architecture, feasibility, and what to do next.
Ready for a number?
No email gate, no sales call. Build the estimate first and decide from there.
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