How much revenue did String Theory make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did String Theory sell?

Q: How many copies did String Theory sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 13 reviews (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 String Theory and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including String Theory's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–8k

best case 272k (MUSYNX)

Games like String Theory

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–8k copies

≈ $8k–$51k after Steam's cut

from ~107 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: MUSYNX at ≈ 207k–336k copies, ≈ $227k–$610k 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 11 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 448.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rhythm (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Music, priced around $4. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Anime + Difficult; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, 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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Rock Star Life Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $46k–$124k after Steam's cut $84k–$190k before Steam's cut	$12.49	540 reviews Very Positive	Life SimMusic
DanSparkling 2023	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$17.99	26 reviews Mixed	Early AccessCasual
MUSYNX 2018	Est. copies ≈ 207k–336k 64x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $227k–$610k after Steam's cut $413k–$939k before Steam's cut	$3.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Songs2See 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	81 reviews Mixed	RhythmMusic
Keysight 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$91k before Steam's cut	$29.99	107 reviews Very Positive	BeautifulMusic-Based Procedural Generation
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Beat Aim - Rhythm FPS Trainer 2019	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $51k–$115k before Steam's cut	$14.99	234 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessFPS
Lynium: Play the Rhythm 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	73 reviews Mostly Positive	Rhythm Simulation