How many copies did Because its hot! Prologue sell?

223 to 363 copies, based on its 9 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Because its hot! Prologue make?

Because its hot! Prologue is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Because its hot! Prologue?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 223–363; from 9 reviews (9 user reviews); Only 9 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Because its hot! Prologue and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Because its hot! Prologue's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–3.1M

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like Because its hot! Prologue

A typical game among these

≈ 1.9M–3.1M copies

≈ $17.1M–$23.6M after Steam's cut

from ~58k 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.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.5M–7.4M copies, ≈ $24.9M–$67.0M 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 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 749 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (6 of 8) and Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Female Protagonist + Precision Platformer + Difficult; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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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