How many copies did Arcade Boy sell?

620 to 1k copies, based on its 25 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Arcade Boy make?

Arcade Boy is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Arcade Boy?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 620–1k; from 25 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 Arcade Boy and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Arcade Boy's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–21k

best case 167k (SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell)

Games like Arcade Boy

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–21k copies

≈ $4k–$84k after Steam's cut

from ~154 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell at ≈ 127k–207k copies, ≈ $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 41 reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 267.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Precision Platformer (8 of 8) and Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 3D Platformer + Parkour, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, 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 52 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
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $955k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerParkour
Unaccessible 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut	$9.99	62 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPrecision Platformer
AtmaSphere 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$4.99	189 reviews Mostly Positive	3D PlatformerAdventure
Dog Adventure 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $796–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$0.99	118 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
Escape This 2016	Est. copies ≈ 30k–48k 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $41k–$109k after Steam's cut $74k–$168k before Steam's cut	$4.99	710 reviews Mixed	Precision PlatformerPerma Death
Balling Up 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$3.99	55 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPrecision Platformer
Rolled Out! 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$163k after Steam's cut $110k–$250k before Steam's cut	$19.99	444 reviews Very Positive	RacingPrecision Platformer
Super Clown: Lost Diamonds 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$4.99	66 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePlatformer