How much revenue did Neon Tail make?

$16k–$44k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Neon Tail sell?

Q: How many copies did Neon Tail sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 96 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $16k–$44k after Steam's cut $30k–$68k before Steam's cut; from 96 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 Neon Tail and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Neon Tail's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 58k–143k

best case 206k (GRIP: Combat Racing)

Games like Neon Tail

A typical game among these

≈ 58k–143k copies

≈ $349k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: GRIP: Combat Racing at ≈ 157k–255k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 146 reviews in their first month; the range was 14 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (6 of 8) and Combat Racing (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2025, and 2 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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