How much revenue did Tantal make?

$128–$345 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tantal sell?

Q: How many copies did Tantal sell?

471 to 766 copies, based on its 19 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471–766; $128–$345 after Steam's cut $233–$531 before Steam's cut; from 19 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 Tantal and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tantal's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–28k

best case 76k (Intergalactic Bubbles)

Games like Tantal

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–28k copies

≈ $4k–$26k after Steam's cut

from ~88 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Intergalactic Bubbles at ≈ 58k–95k copies, ≈ $32k–$86k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 16 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 38.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Arcade, priced around $2.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Intergalactic Bubbles 2015	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$132k before Steam's cut	$1.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie
Murtop 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$4.99	90 reviews Very Positive	ActionArcade
Deep Under the Sky 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut	$9.99	59 reviews Mixed	ArcadePhysics
Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball 2015	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$124k before Steam's cut	$1.99	1k reviews Mixed	CasualIndie
Snake Classic 2018	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$1.99	325 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie
Neon Rider Classic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $917–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$2.99	45 reviews Mostly Positive	CyberpunkRacing
Frick, Inc. 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$3.99	86 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualSimulation
Gangsta Magic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$4.99	42 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureAction