How much revenue did Space Hole 2020 make?

$510–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Space Hole 2020 sell?

Q: How many copies did Space Hole 2020 sell?

620 to 1k copies, based on its 25 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 620–1k; $510–$1k after Steam's cut $927–$2k before Steam's cut; from 25 reviews (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 Space Hole 2020 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Hole 2020's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–54k

best case 88k (Paratopic)

Games like Space Hole 2020

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–54k copies

≈ $91k–$193k after Steam's cut

from ~916 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Paratopic at ≈ 67k–109k copies, ≈ $92k–$247k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 196 reviews in their first month; the range was 8 to 616.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Surreal (8 of 8) and Experimental (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Surreal, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, 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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Frame of Mind 2021	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	940 reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
Verlet Swing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $89k–$240k after Steam's cut $162k–$370k before Steam's cut	$14.99	713 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
The Path 2009	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $184k–$494k after Steam's cut $334k–$760k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Walking SimulatorIndie
CUCCCHI 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut	$7.99	128 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationAbstract
Hyperbolica 2022	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $117k–$315k after Steam's cut $213k–$485k before Steam's cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SurrealExploration
The Franz Kafka Videogame 2017	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $59k–$158k after Steam's cut $107k–$244k before Steam's cut	$6.99	891 reviews Mixed	AdventureSurreal
Paratopic 2018	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $92k–$247k after Steam's cut $167k–$380k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieHorror
Starstruck: Hands of Time 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $40k–$106k after Steam's cut $72k–$164k before Steam's cut	$19.99	290 reviews Very Positive	RhythmTime Travel