How much revenue did START AGAIN: a prologue make?

$51k–$138k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did START AGAIN: a prologue sell?

Q: How many copies did START AGAIN: a prologue sell?

17k to 28k copies, based on its 684 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–28k; $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before Steam's cut; from 684 reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 START AGAIN: a prologue and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including START AGAIN: a prologue's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 63k–162k

best case 447k (The Forgotten City)

Games like START AGAIN: a prologue

A typical game among these

≈ 63k–162k copies

≈ $383k–$1.4M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: The Forgotten City at ≈ 341k–554k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 196 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (6 of 8) and Exploration (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Time Travel + Mystery, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 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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Through Abandoned: The Underground City 2015	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $81k–$217k after Steam's cut $147k–$335k before Steam's cut	$5.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Timespinner 2018	Est. copies ≈ 97k–158k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $533k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $970k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaLGBTQ+
The Forgotten City 2021	Est. copies ≈ 341k–554k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureTime Travel
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