I would be interested hearing what game was the first that gave you enough income for full time working. It doesn't have to be the point where you got full time (one could have other sources of income) but the game that made enough to cover the costs. If it isn't a single game, a list of games would be ok.

This info would be interesting:
Name of game
Year
Download URL, so we all can play the game and marvel .. ;)

I really stress the URL, I would love to play those games.

Well I'm still waiting for a "hit" :-) - for me it's just a combination of the games selling together that makes money. They all sell similarly.

My understanding is that a game itself is only a portion of what makes you successful. I don't know how big of a portion, but I think it accounts for less than 50% of your success. What makes you successful is the combination of the game, marketing, your site, updating the game to make it better over time, etc. As Steve points out in one of his articles, the chances that you will have a hit game in the first release are slim to none.

It seems I have to make the question more precise. I am not really interested in this from the marketing/developement point of view.

What game made YOU feel like you were doing full-time? I would like to see what games were the ones that turned the tide so to speak, not just inside ones head, but when did the feeling start to materialize around you .. ;) I know, this is philosophical, but fun anyway.. No deep marketing analyzes here ..