How much revenue did The Bolt Age make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Bolt Age sell?

Q: How many copies did The Bolt Age sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Only 8 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 833k–1.4M

best case 2.2M (Remnant: From the Ashes)

Games like The Bolt Age

A typical game among these

≈ 833k–1.4M copies

≈ $2.3M–$8.0M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Mystery (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: Remnant: From the Ashes at ≈ 1.7M–2.7M copies, ≈ $18.2M–$49.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mystery (4 of 8) and Exploration (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Co-op, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2022, 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).

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The Room Two 2016	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
Remnant: From the Ashes 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.2M–$49.1M after Steam's cut $33.2M–$75.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	58k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAction
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs 2013	Est. copies ≈ 770k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Mixed	Horror Walking Simulator
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The Room 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
SIGNALIS 2022	Est. copies ≈ 862k–1.4M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Psychological Horror
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