How much revenue did Far Away make?

$726k–$2.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Far Away sell?

Q: How many copies did Far Away sell?

203k to 330k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 203k–330k; $726k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 Far Away and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Far Away's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 30k–39k

best case 315k (Aliya: Timelink)

Games like Far Away

A typical game among these

≈ 30k–39k copies

≈ $43k–$57k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

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

Best case: Aliya: Timelink at ≈ 240k–390k copies, ≈ $197k–$530k 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 416 reviews in their first month; the range was 113 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Visual Novel (7 of 8) and Word Game (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Multiple Endings + Choices Matter, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 43 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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