How much revenue did 30 Birds make?

$20k–$53k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 30 Birds sell?

Q: How many copies did 30 Birds sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 160 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$81k before Steam's cut; from 160 reviews (Very 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 30 Birds and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 30 Birds's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 16k–57k

best case 259k (Bramble: The Mountain King)

Games like 30 Birds

A typical game among these

≈ 16k–57k copies

≈ $116k–$621k after Steam's cut

from ~683 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Bramble: The Mountain King at ≈ 197k–321k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 282 reviews in their first month; the range was 28 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mythology (5 of 8) and Action RPG (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Cinematic, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2020 to 2026, 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 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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