How much revenue did Osteoblasts make?

$9k–$25k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Osteoblasts sell?

Q: How many copies did Osteoblasts sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 173 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut; from 173 reviews (Very 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 Osteoblasts and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Osteoblasts's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–1.9M

best case 9.3M (Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition)

Games like Osteoblasts

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–1.9M copies

≈ $9.7M–$22.3M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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 Turn-Based Combat (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: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition at ≈ 7.1M–11.5M copies, ≈ $87.8M–$236.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 10k reviews in their first month; the range was 9k to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Combat (4 of 8) and Story Rich (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical RPG + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Tactical RPG + CRPG + Exploration; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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 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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Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.5M 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $87.8M–$236.1M after Steam's cut $159.6M–$363.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	206k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $16.5M–$44.4M after Steam's cut $30.0M–$68.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	48k reviews Very Positive	Character CustomizationCinematic
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	25k reviews Very Positive	RPGPost-apocalyptic
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden 2018	Est. copies ≈ 625k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	21k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.3M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$25.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	44k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerAction RPG
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.5M–$12.2M after Steam's cut $8.2M–$18.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	26k reviews Very Positive	RPGStory Rich
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.8M–$47.8M after Steam's cut $32.3M–$73.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	RPGTurn-Based