How much revenue did PYTHIAN make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PYTHIAN sell?

Q: How many copies did PYTHIAN sell?

818 to 1k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 818–1k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before Steam's cut; from 33 reviews (Mostly 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 PYTHIAN and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PYTHIAN's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–13k

best case 22k (Paradiddle)

Games like PYTHIAN

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–13k copies

≈ $10k–$134k after Steam's cut

from ~111 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: Paradiddle at ≈ 17k–28k copies, ≈ $117k–$314k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 324 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (8 of 8) and Rhythm (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Music, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 3 of the 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 43 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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LyraVR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 860–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $6k–$15k before Steam's cut	$14.99	25 reviews Positive	VRMusic
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