How much revenue did Synthesis Universe -Episode 00- make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Synthesis Universe -Episode 00- sell?

Q: How many copies did Synthesis Universe -Episode 00- sell?

979 to 2k copies, based on its 34 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 979–2k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 34 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 Synthesis Universe -Episode 00- and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Synthesis Universe -Episode 00-'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 733–803k

best case 4.7M (Soundpad)

Games like Synthesis Universe -Episode 00-

A typical game among these

≈ 733–803k copies

≈ $3k–$5.1M after Steam's cut

from ~174 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Soundpad at ≈ 3.6M–5.9M copies, ≈ $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 1k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Music (6 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Utilities + Audio Production, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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