How much revenue did Kao the Kangaroo make?

$244k–$657k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kao the Kangaroo sell?

Q: How many copies did Kao the Kangaroo sell?

30k to 48k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–48k; $244k–$657k after Steam's cut $444k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Kao the Kangaroo and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kao the Kangaroo's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–5.3M

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like Kao the Kangaroo

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–5.3M copies

≈ $19.8M–$108.0M after Steam's cut

from ~46k 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: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 63k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action-Adventure (5 of 8) and Female Protagonist (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, and 1 of the 8 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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Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.5M–$39.1M after Steam's cut $26.4M–$60.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	53k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction RPG
It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut $134.1M–$305.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	270k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
Alice: Madness Returns 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.5M after Steam's cut $9.8M–$22.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	31k reviews Very Positive	HorrorFemale Protagonist
Split Fiction 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.4M–$116.6M after Steam's cut $78.8M–$179.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	127k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opSplit Screen
Mirror's Edge™ 2009	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.7M–$36.8M after Steam's cut $24.9M–$56.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureParkour
Sonic Frontiers 2022	Est. copies ≈ 709k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackOpen World
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