How much revenue did Color Souls make?

$987–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Color Souls sell?

Q: How many copies did Color Souls sell?

719 to 1k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 719–1k; $987–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 29 reviews (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 Color Souls and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Color Souls's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 610–2k

best case 9k (Angel's Gear)

Games like Color Souls

A typical game among these

≈ 610–2k copies

≈ $999–$7k after Steam's cut

from ~44 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: Angel's Gear at ≈ 7k–11k copies, ≈ $18k–$49k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 20 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 84.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (8 of 8) and Side Scroller (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Side Scroller, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, 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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Cave Runner 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$11.99	50 reviews Mixed	Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer
Angel's Gear 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$76k before Steam's cut	$9.99	268 reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Who Takes The Crown? 2025	Est. copies ≈ 942–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$7.99	38 reviews Positive	StrategyPrecision Platformer
99 Fails Lite 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	65 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
Pichon 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$3.99	66 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
Sweet Pea 2021	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $655–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$7.99	12 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
Realm Of I 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $367–$989 after Steam's cut $668–$2k before Steam's cut	$5.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	Metroidvania Souls-like
Fart King 2025	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $428–$1k after Steam's cut $779–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	21 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller