How much revenue did Ionia make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ionia sell?

Q: How many copies did Ionia sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 97 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut; from 97 reviews (Mixed)

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 Ionia and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ionia's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 41k–47k

best case 342k (Ghosts of Tabor)

Games like Ionia

A typical game among these

≈ 41k–47k copies

≈ $316k–$604k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Ghosts of Tabor at ≈ 260k–423k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.8M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 65 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (7 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Online Co-Op + Action; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2026, and 3 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 38 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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Ghosts of Tabor 2023	Est. copies ≈ 260k–423k 8.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAction
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