How much revenue did Breaking Box make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Breaking Box sell?

Q: How many copies did Breaking Box sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 50 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut; from 50 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 Breaking Box and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Breaking Box's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.4M–10.6M

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like Breaking Box

A typical game among these

≈ 2.4M–10.6M copies

≈ $7.3M–$95.8M after Steam's cut

from ~78k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 749 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle-Platformer (6 of 8) and Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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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BattleBlock Theater® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-op Platformer
Human Fall Flat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.5M–15.4M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $52.0M–$139.7M after Steam's cut $94.5M–$214.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	227k reviews Very Positive	Co-opFunny
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
A Dance of Fire and Ice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	84k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Vectronom 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$108k before Steam's cut	$9.99	329 reviews Very Positive	RhythmPuzzle-Platformer
Portal Mortal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k too small to compare 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
DDNet 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	47k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpFree to Play
Chained Together 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	64k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAdventure