How much revenue did Sonic Frontiers make?

$7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sonic Frontiers sell?

Q: How many copies did Sonic Frontiers sell?

674k to 1.1M copies, based on its 28k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 674k–1.1M; $7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.5M–$30.7M before the cut; from 28k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Sonic Frontiers out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Sonic Frontiers's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31.7M–35.5M

best case 40.0M (Wallpaper Engine)

The Open World genre

All 4 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 31.7M–35.5M copies

≈ $176.1M–$775.7M after Steam's cut

from ~930k reviews

Best case

≈ 30.5M–49.6M copies

Wallpaper Engine · ≈ $41.9M–$112.5M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (3 of 4) and Story Rich (2 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.6M–33.5M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.4M–$304.8M after Steam's cut $206.1M–$468.9M before the cut	$19.99	678k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
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Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30.5M–49.6M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $41.9M–$112.5M after Steam's cut $76.1M–$173.1M before the cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
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