How much revenue did The Alien Way make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Alien Way sell?

Q: How many copies did The Alien Way sell?

471 to 766 copies, based on its 19 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471–766; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 19 reviews (Mixed)

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 The Alien Way and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Alien Way's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 49k–163k

best case 255k (BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien)

Games like The Alien Way

A typical game among these

≈ 49k–163k copies

≈ $94k–$809k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

Best case: BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien at ≈ 195k–316k copies, ≈ $802k–$2.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 508 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (5 of 8) and Precision Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien 2013	Est. copies ≈ 195k–316k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $802k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Rhythm Platformer
Naginata 2020	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$7.99	31 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeSide Scroller
Super Meat Boy Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $75k–$201k after Steam's cut $136k–$309k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mixed	IndieAction
Hans 2023	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before Steam's cut	$4.99	794 reviews Very Positive	DifficultPrecision Platformer
Man in gravity 2020	Est. copies ≈ 620–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$24.99	25 reviews Mixed	CasualExperimental
Star Speeder 2018	Est. copies ≈ 304–494 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $83–$222 after Steam's cut $150–$342 before Steam's cut	$0.99	10 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualRacing
Astrofall 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$112 before Steam's cut	$3.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	CasualSpace
Laika 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $128–$345 after Steam's cut $233–$531 before Steam's cut	$0.99	19 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessPhysics