How much revenue did Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus® make?

$88k–$237k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus® sell?

Q: How many copies did Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus® sell?

107k to 174k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 107k–174k; $88k–$237k after Steam's cut $160k–$364k 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 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus® and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 331k–412k

best case 5.3M (Little Nightmares)

Games like Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®

A typical game among these

≈ 331k–412k copies

≈ $767k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Little Nightmares at ≈ 4.0M–6.5M copies, ≈ $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dark (5 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dark, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Dark + Horror + Puzzle-Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2021, 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

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
LIMBO 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M 7.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.3M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.8M before Steam's cut	$12.49	62k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerIndie
Mark of the Ninja unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 394k–640k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Stealth Platformer
Little Nightmares II 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.3M after Steam's cut $21.8M–$49.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	59k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAdventure
The Bridge 2013	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $756k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerHand-drawn
Seen 2019	Est. copies ≈ 288k–467k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $78k–$210k after Steam's cut $142k–$324k before Steam's cut	$0.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessIndie
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 8.8x 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
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
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