Serhii Komar is a game industry veteran with 16+ years in the trenches—bootstrapping studios, selling his apartment to fund development, and scaling mobile games to seven-figure revenues. He’s been broke, burned out, and ripped off by publishers—and still kept building.
From shipping his first iPhone game in 2009 to leading LiveOps on titles that now generate over $1M per month, Serhii has done it all: indie hustle, publisher deals, team leadership, and ruthless data-driven monetization. His specialties: F2P systems, LiveOps that retain, and economies that convert.
He's also an early mover in AI-powered game development, using generative tools to cut production time, shape player experiences, and rethink the creative pipeline.
Today, Serhii shares the unfiltered truth about what it takes to build games that survive—and make money—in a crowded market. His writing blends strategy, scars, and systems thinking for founders, PMs, and game teams who want to level up without selling out.
When he’s not tuning events or stress-testing monetization models, he’s digging into geopolitics, AI trends, and new ways to build games that last. Also: proud dad, strategic optimist, and recovering perfectionist.
Serhii Komar is a game industry veteran with 16+ years in the trenches—bootstrapping studios, selling his apartment to fund development, and scaling mobile games to seven-figure revenues. He’s been broke, burned out, and ripped off by publishers—and still kept building.
From shipping his first iPhone game in 2009 to leading LiveOps on titles that now generate over $1M per month, Serhii has done it all: indie hustle, publisher deals, team...