How much revenue did Beam make?

$8k–$21k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beam sell?

Q: How many copies did Beam sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 60 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before Steam's cut; from 60 reviews (Very 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 Beam and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beam's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–2k

best case 147k (Heavenly Bodies)

Games like Beam

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–2k copies

≈ $2k–$4k after Steam's cut

from ~45 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Heavenly Bodies at ≈ 112k–182k copies, ≈ $772k–$2.1M after Steam's cut. 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 21 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 467.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Precision Platformer (7 of 8) and 2D Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Physics + Space, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Physics; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Heavenly Bodies 2021	Est. copies ≈ 112k–182k 101x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $772k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PhysicsDifficult
Grocket 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	58 reviews Very Positive	2D PlatformerPixel Graphics
Super Magbot 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k 9.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$120k before Steam's cut	$9.99	425 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerIndie
Mind Spheres 2016	Est. copies ≈ 35k–56k 18x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $47k–$128k after Steam's cut $86k–$196k before Steam's cut	$4.99	832 reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzlePhysics
A Long Way Home 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$1.99	45 reviews Mixed	Precision PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
Quadroids 2024	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$11.99	35 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
Astra And The New Constellation 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$4.89	51 reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer2D
Portal Mortal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $953–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	28 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer