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How many copies did GameGuru MAX sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 9k–15k
$129k–$347k after Steam's cut $235k–$534k before Steam's cut
from 379 reviews (Mixed)

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 GameGuru MAX and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including GameGuru MAX's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 99k–167k
best case 1.5M (Aseprite)
Games like GameGuru MAX

A typical game among these

≈ 99k–167k copies

≈ $2.0M–$5.0M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Aseprite at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $6.2M–$16.6M 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 Game Development (8 of 8) and Software (7 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Game Development + Software, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry 2D + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2013 to 2021, 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).

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