How much revenue did POLE make?

$41k–$109k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did POLE sell?

Q: How many copies did POLE sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 397 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $41k–$109k after Steam's cut $74k–$168k before Steam's cut; from 397 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 POLE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including POLE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–194k

best case 511k (SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS)

Games like POLE

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–194k copies

≈ $47k–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS at ≈ 389k–633k copies, ≈ $5.4M–$14.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 342 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (7 of 8) and 3D Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 3D Platformer + Platformer, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, 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 61 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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Rad Rodgers - Radical Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$138k before Steam's cut	$19.99	199 reviews Mixed	Side Scroller2D Platformer
Into the Sinkhole 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$0.99	165 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerExploration
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SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS 2024	Est. copies ≈ 389k–633k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.4M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action3D Platformer
Sonic Lost World 2015	Est. copies ≈ 274k–446k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Mixed	AdventurePlatformer
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The Plucky Squire 2024	Est. copies ≈ 105k–171k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $868k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Adventure3D Platformer