How much revenue did Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus make?

$233k–$626k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus sell?

Q: How many copies did Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus sell?

42k to 69k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 42k–69k; $233k–$626k after Steam's cut $424k–$964k before the cut; from 2k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–110k

best case 229k (Prince of Persia The Lost Crown)

Games like Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus

The middle of these games

≈ 28k–110k copies

≈ $96k–$553k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Prince of Persia The Lost Crown at ≈ 175k–284k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 354 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 133 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Metroidvania (7 of 8) and Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Exploration, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 3 of your 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).

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