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How many copies did Azure Sky sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 769–1k
$844–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$3k before Steam's cut
from 31 reviews (Mixed)

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 Azure Sky and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Azure Sky's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 293k–544k
best case 1.6M (Rogue Legacy)
Games like Azure Sky

A typical game among these

≈ 293k–544k copies

≈ $1.5M–$4.5M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Rogue Legacy at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 221 to 6k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and Metroidvania (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Roguevania + Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2013 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).

Similar games

Rogue Legacy
2013
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–1.9M
2.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut
$14.99
19k reviews
Very Positive
RoguevaniaPlatformer
UnEpic
2014
Est. copies
≈ 458k–745k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut
$12.99
8k reviews
Very Positive
RPGIndie
not available
2023
Est. copies
≈ 371k–603k
1.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
15k reviews
Mostly Positive
Parkour3D Platformer
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition
2017
Est. copies
≈ 178k–290k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut
$19.99
5k reviews
Very Positive
RoguevaniaMetroidvania
Foregone
2021
Est. copies
≈ 35k–57k
too small to compare
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$192k–$515k after Steam's cut $349k–$793k before Steam's cut
$19.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
ActionIndie
ALTF4
2021
Est. copies
≈ 268k–435k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$220k–$592k after Steam's cut $400k–$911k before Steam's cut
$2.99
11k reviews
Mostly Positive
RunnerPhysics
Himno
2019
Est. copies
≈ 168k–273k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
6k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayPixel Graphics
You Have to Win the Game
2014
Est. copies
≈ 321k–521k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
6k reviews
Very Positive
MetroidvaniaFree to Play

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