How much revenue did Golf Club Nostalgia make?

$110k–$296k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Golf Club Nostalgia sell?

Q: How many copies did Golf Club Nostalgia sell?

40k to 65k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 40k–65k; $110k–$296k after Steam's cut $200k–$455k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Golf Club Nostalgia and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Golf Club Nostalgia's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 461k–2.4M

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like Golf Club Nostalgia

A typical game among these

≈ 461k–2.4M copies

≈ $2.5M–$20.7M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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.

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 910 to 3k.

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.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 1 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 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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INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 5.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut $39.7M–$90.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
Braid 2009	Est. copies ≈ 629k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Thomas Was Alone 2012	Est. copies ≈ 594k–965k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerNarration
INMOST 2020	Est. copies ≈ 183k–297k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $753k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	IndiePixel Graphics
Trine 2: Complete Story 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
Webbed 2021	Est. copies ≈ 380k–617k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2D PlatformerCute
Neva 2024	Est. copies ≈ 266k–432k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePlatformer