How much revenue did Carebotz make?

$543–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Carebotz sell?

Q: How many copies did Carebotz sell?

992 to 2k copies, based on its 40 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 992–2k; $543–$1k after Steam's cut $987–$2k before the cut; from 40 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Carebotz out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Carebotz's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–4.1M

best case 25.3M (Hollow Knight)

Games like Carebotz

The middle of these games

≈ 1.6M–4.1M copies

≈ $16.8M–$40.0M after Steam's cut

from ~59k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Hollow Knight at ≈ 19.3M–31.3M copies, ≈ $79.5M–$213.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Metroidvania (7 of 8) and Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 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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Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.3M–31.3M 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $79.5M–$213.7M after Steam's cut $144.5M–$328.8M before the cut	$14.99	561k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Ori and the Will of the Wisps 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.9M–$80.4M after Steam's cut $54.3M–$123.6M before the cut	$29.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulMetroidvania
Blasphemous 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.7M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.9M before the cut	$24.99	67k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaPixel Graphics
Ori and the Blind Forest 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	60k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackAtmospheric
Dust: An Elysian Tail 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.6M before the cut	$14.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionPlatformer
Rain World 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.3M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.8M before the cut	$24.99	57k reviews Very Positive	DifficultAtmospheric
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.5M after Steam's cut $24.0M–$54.6M before the cut	$39.99	42k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaRPG
ANIMAL WELL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 610k–991k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.3M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.3M before the cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration