How much revenue did Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians make?

$715–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians sell?

Q: How many copies did Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; $715–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 21 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 Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 854–7k

best case 31k (Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX)

Games like Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians

A typical game among these

≈ 854–7k copies

≈ $2k–$37k after Steam's cut

from ~44 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX at ≈ 23k–38k copies, ≈ $129k–$346k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 26 reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 286.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Precision Platformer (8 of 8) and Flight (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + 2D Platformer, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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 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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Lumione 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 11x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $39k–$104k after Steam's cut $70k–$160k before Steam's cut	$11.99	472 reviews Mostly Positive	Platformer Precision Platformer
Unlanded 2024	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$3.99	37 reviews Positive	DifficultUnforgiving
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Asteroid Drift 2024	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $591–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	29 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerRacing
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX 2021	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k 22x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $129k–$346k after Steam's cut $234k–$532k before Steam's cut	$19.99	944 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision Platformer2D Platformer
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