How much revenue did Life of Fly 2 make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Life of Fly 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Life of Fly 2 sell?

595 to 967 copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 595–967; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 24 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 Life of Fly 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Life of Fly 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–5k

best case 782k (Before Your Eyes)

Games like Life of Fly 2

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–5k copies

≈ $4k–$9k after Steam's cut

from ~84 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Interactive Fiction (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Before Your Eyes at ≈ 595k–968k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.4M 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 36 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 2k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Interactive Fiction (4 of 8) and Narrative (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + God Game, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Indie + Singleplayer + Relaxing; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 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 70 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
Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M 194x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Closer the Distance 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$167k before Steam's cut	$19.99	296 reviews Very Positive	NarrativeStory Rich
Before Your Eyes 2021	Est. copies ≈ 595k–968k 286x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	EmotionalNarrative
Imagine Lifetimes 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$24k before Steam's cut	$5.99	140 reviews Mixed	Point & ClickSimulation
Thing-in-Itself 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$2.49	127 reviews Mostly Positive	EmotionalPhilosophical
Life of Fly 2020	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$14.99	32 reviews Positive	Simulation Story Rich
Interstate 35 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$7.99	41 reviews Positive	Interactive FictionVisual Novel
Gravity VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$658 after Steam's cut $446–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	12 reviews Positive	VRSingleplayer