How much revenue did Puck Buddies make?

$818–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Puck Buddies sell?

Q: How many copies did Puck Buddies sell?

248 to 403 copies, based on its 10 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 248–403; $818–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 10 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 Puck Buddies and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Puck Buddies's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 60k–93k

best case 121k (Tape to Tape)

Games like Puck Buddies

A typical game among these

≈ 60k–93k copies

≈ $490k–$810k 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: Tape to Tape at ≈ 92k–150k copies, ≈ $506k–$1.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 639 reviews in their first month; the range was 83 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sports (8 of 8) and Hockey (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Rogue-lite, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Super Blood Hockey 2017	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $159k–$428k after Steam's cut $289k–$658k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SportsHockey
Eastside Hockey Manager 2015	Est. copies ≈ 68k–110k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $372k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $677k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	HockeySports
Goons: Legends & Mayhem 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$58k before Steam's cut	$19.99	102 reviews Very Positive	HockeySports
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video Game™ 2021	Est. copies ≈ 68k–110k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mixed	SportsCasual
Slapshot 2019	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlaySports
Tape to Tape 2023	Est. copies ≈ 92k–150k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $506k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $921k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ColorfulSports
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