How much revenue did Milo and the Magpies make?

$70k–$189k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Milo and the Magpies sell?

Q: How many copies did Milo and the Magpies sell?

85k to 139k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 85k–139k; $70k–$189k after Steam's cut $128k–$290k before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Milo and the Magpies and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Milo and the Magpies's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–1.7M

best case 6.7M (Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition)

Games like Milo and the Magpies

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–1.7M copies

≈ $4.5M–$13.4M after Steam's cut

from ~23k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Point & Click (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition at ≈ 5.1M–8.3M copies, ≈ $27.9M–$75.1M 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 Point & Click (4 of 8) and Puzzle (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Automobile Sim, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Open World + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 1 of the 7 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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Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.2M 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	204k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
The Room Two 2016	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
Fran Bow 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.4M–$19.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Story Rich
Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $20.7M–$55.6M after Steam's cut $37.6M–$85.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	30k reviews Mixed	ActionFPS
The Room 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
MiSide 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.8M 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.6M–$39.2M after Steam's cut $26.5M–$60.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	143k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological HorrorCute
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M 8.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$75.1M after Steam's cut $50.8M–$115.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	205k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Machinarium 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Point & ClickPuzzle