How much revenue did QV make?

$28k–$75k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did QV sell?

Q: How many copies did QV sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 272 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $51k–$115k before Steam's cut; from 272 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 QV and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including QV's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–7k

best case 28k (Youropa)

Games like QV

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–7k copies

≈ $695–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~80 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Youropa at ≈ 21k–35k copies, ≈ $88k–$237k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 12 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 43.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and Character Action Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle-Platformer + 3D Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 38 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
Youropa 2018	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $88k–$237k after Steam's cut $160k–$364k before Steam's cut	$14.99	703 reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-Platformer3D Platformer
Naginata 2020	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$7.99	31 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeSide Scroller
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
Vectromirror 0™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 5.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	452 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Keepers of the Trees 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	144 reviews Mixed	AdventureLocal Co-Op
The Duck Is In Danger 2022	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $237–$636 after Steam's cut $430–$978 before Steam's cut	$0.99	35 reviews Positive	IndieCasual
Cat Adventure 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $237–$636 after Steam's cut $430–$978 before Steam's cut	$0.99	35 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieAdventure
Dog Adventure 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $796–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$0.99	118 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual