How much revenue did Sockventure make?

$9k–$25k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sockventure sell?

Q: How many copies did Sockventure sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 90 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut; from 90 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 Sockventure and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sockventure's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 356k–779k

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like Sockventure

A typical game among these

≈ 356k–779k copies

≈ $1.2M–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.5M–7.4M copies, ≈ $24.9M–$67.0M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 749 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (8 of 8) and Precision Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + 2D Platformer, priced around $17.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2023, 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
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
Thomas Was Alone 2012	Est. copies ≈ 594k–965k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerNarration
Downwell 2015	Est. copies ≈ 421k–685k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $346k–$931k after Steam's cut $630k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$2.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerAction Roguelike
VVVVVV 2010	Est. copies ≈ 667k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $916k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsPrecision Platformer
DDNet 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	47k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpFree to Play
Super Meat Boy 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.5M after Steam's cut $18.6M–$42.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Platformer
Deepest Sword 2021	Est. copies ≈ 271k–441k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Very Positive	Pixel Graphics2D Platformer
I Wanna Maker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 127k–206k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerLevel Editor