How much revenue did SAVE THE UNICORN make?

$123–$330 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SAVE THE UNICORN sell?

Q: How many copies did SAVE THE UNICORN sell?

149 to 242 copies, based on its 6 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149–242; $123–$330 after Steam's cut $223–$507 before Steam's cut; from 6 reviews (6 user reviews); Only 6 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 SAVE THE UNICORN and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SAVE THE UNICORN's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 472–537

best case 1.0M (ASTLIBRA Revision)

Games like SAVE THE UNICORN

A typical game among these

≈ 472–537 copies

≈ $728–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~16 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: ASTLIBRA Revision at ≈ 792k–1.3M copies, ≈ $5.4M–$14.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 10 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 2k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Side Scroller (7 of 8) and 2D Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Side Scroller, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Action RPG + JRPG + Drama; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Cyber Hunter: Awakening 2021	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $545–$1k after Steam's cut $991–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	16 reviews Mixed	Spectacle fighterSide Scroller
Nuclear Fighter 2022	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$24.99	16 reviews Mixed	Side ScrollerCasual
Defense high 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$4.99	49 reviews Mixed	StrategyTower Defense
ASTLIBRA Revision 2022	Est. copies ≈ 792k–1.3M 1997x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.6M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RPG2D
The Last Fighter 2022	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $347–$932 after Steam's cut $631–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	17 reviews Positive	Side ScrollerHero Shooter
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