How much revenue did No Time make?

$230k–$618k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did No Time sell?

Q: How many copies did No Time sell?

64k to 105k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 64k–105k; $230k–$618k after Steam's cut $418k–$951k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid No Time and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including No Time's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 271k–743k

best case 11.3M (Life is Strange - Episode 1)

Games like No Time

A typical game among these

≈ 271k–743k copies

≈ $1.7M–$5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Life is Strange - Episode 1 at ≈ 8.6M–14.0M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 835 reviews in their first month; the range was 295 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Time Manipulation (5 of 8) and Puzzle (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter. The breakout hits carry Choices Matter + Great Soundtrack + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Life is Strange - Episode 1 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8.6M–14.0M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	176k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichChoices Matter
The Sexy Brutale 2017	Est. copies ≈ 144k–233k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $790k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleMystery
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel 2020	Est. copies ≈ 223k–362k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $735k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$11.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ChessTime Travel
Quantum Break 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.3M after Steam's cut $25.9M–$58.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	31k reviews Very Positive	ActionStory Rich
Singularity™ 2010	Est. copies ≈ 377k–612k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Braid 2009	Est. copies ≈ 629k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Duck Paradox 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $41k–$92k before Steam's cut	$9.99	328 reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerShoot 'Em Up
Twelve Minutes 2021	Est. copies ≈ 201k–327k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieAdventure