--- title: Does 1000 Wishlists at announcement mean $1,000,000? description: 🔥 How to get 10,000 Wishlists when you announce your game! https://cmonkey.co/gameannouncement make ANY game! ✅ FREE Game Dev Insights!... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/does-1000-wishlists-at-announcement-mean-1-000-000--sevct4e0f twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Does 1000 Wishlists at announcement mean $1,000,000? | daily.dev og:description: 🔥 How to get 10,000 Wishlists when you announce your game! https://cmonkey.co/gameannouncement make ANY game! ✅ FREE Game Dev Insights!... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/does-1000-wishlists-at-announcement-mean-1-000-000--sevct4e0f og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SevCT4E0f.png og:image:alt: Does 1000 Wishlists at announcement mean $1,000,000? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Does 1000 Wishlists at announcement mean $1,000,000? **[Code Monkey](https://daily.dev/sources/codemonkeyunity)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 🔥 How to get 10,000 Wishlists when you announce your game! https://cmonkey.co/gameannouncement make ANY game! ✅ FREE Game Dev Insights! https://cmonkey.co/gamedevreportnewsletter 🌍 FREE Complete Courses! https://cmonkey.co/freecourses 🎮 Get my Code Monkey Toolkit! https://cmonkey.co/toolkit 👍 Join my Game Dev Practice Lab FREE! https://cmonkey.co/practicelab 🔴 RELATED VIDEOS 🔴 Almost 2 HOURS of Steam Marketing GOLD! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsGAeqqD64 Roadmaps for Game Dev SUCCESS in 2026! 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