How much revenue did RUN: The world in-between make?

$12k–$33k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did RUN: The world in-between sell?

Q: How many copies did RUN: The world in-between sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 181 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut; from 181 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 RUN: The world in-between and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including RUN: The world in-between's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–50k

best case 553k (Downwell)

Games like RUN: The world in-between

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–50k copies

≈ $24k–$50k after Steam's cut

from ~330 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Downwell at ≈ 421k–685k copies, ≈ $346k–$931k 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 104 reviews in their first month; the range was 23 to 413.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (8 of 8) and Precision Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Action + Psychological Horror + Precision Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
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).

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