How much revenue did Ayahuasca make?

$35k–$95k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ayahuasca sell?

Q: How many copies did Ayahuasca sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 399 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $35k–$95k after Steam's cut $64k–$146k before Steam's cut; from 399 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 Ayahuasca and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ayahuasca's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 101k–216k

best case 357k (Morphopolis)

Games like Ayahuasca

A typical game among these

≈ 101k–216k copies

≈ $357k–$630k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Exploration (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Morphopolis at ≈ 272k–441k copies, ≈ $298k–$801k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (3 of 8) and Point & Click (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Hidden Object, priced around $4. The breakout hits carry Hidden Object + Colorful + Short; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2022, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Morphopolis 2014	Est. copies ≈ 272k–441k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $298k–$801k after Steam's cut $542k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$3.99	5k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
The Artful Escape 2021	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $277k–$744k after Steam's cut $503k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventureMusic
The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 142k–231k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $156k–$420k after Steam's cut $284k–$646k before Steam's cut	$3.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickHand-drawn
Shelter 2013	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $968k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventureSurvival
Samorost 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 187k–303k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickCasual
[Chilla's Art] The Closing Shift \| 閉店事件 2022	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $132k–$354k after Steam's cut $239k–$544k before Steam's cut	$5.99	3k reviews Very Positive	AdventureSimulation
Dreaming Sarah 2015	Est. copies ≈ 140k–228k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $231k–$621k after Steam's cut $420k–$955k before Steam's cut	$5.99	3k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaPuzzle-Platformer
Layers of Fear 2 (2019) 2019	Est. copies ≈ 74k–120k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $406k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $739k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Psychological HorrorIndie