How much revenue did Maniac Path make?

$285–$767 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Maniac Path sell?

Q: How many copies did Maniac Path sell?

347 to 564 copies, based on its 14 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 347–564; $285–$767 after Steam's cut $519–$1k before Steam's cut; from 14 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 Maniac Path and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Maniac Path's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 92k–653k

best case 1.0M (ASTLIBRA Revision)

Games like Maniac Path

A typical game among these

≈ 92k–653k copies

≈ $519k–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ASTLIBRA Revision at ≈ 792k–1.3M copies, ≈ $5.4M–$14.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 534 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Side Scroller (6 of 8) and Looter Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Side Scroller, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2023, and none of them 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 52 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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Crazy Flasher Series 2021 2021	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $35k–$79k before Steam's cut	$0.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionRPG
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 498k–809k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania2D Platformer
The Last Fighter 2022	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $347–$932 after Steam's cut $631–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	17 reviews Positive	Side ScrollerHero Shooter
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MEGA MAN X DiVE Offline 2023	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $407k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $740k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action2D
ASTLIBRA Revision 2022	Est. copies ≈ 792k–1.3M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.6M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RPG2D
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Yoshimitsu Hatsumi 2021	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $749–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	22 reviews Mixed	Looter ShooterSide Scroller