How much revenue did Pompom make?

$9k–$24k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pompom sell?

Q: How many copies did Pompom sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 129 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut; from 129 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 Pompom and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pompom's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 145k–197k

best case 5.2M (LIMBO)

Games like Pompom

A typical game among these

≈ 145k–197k copies

≈ $1.4M–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: LIMBO at ≈ 3.9M–6.4M copies, ≈ $13.5M–$36.3M 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 988 reviews in their first month; the range was 454 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle-Platformer (8 of 8) and Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle-Platformer + Platformer, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry 2D + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2021, 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 79 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
LIMBO 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.3M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.8M before Steam's cut	$12.49	62k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerIndie
Braid 2009	Est. copies ≈ 629k–1.0M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
The Pedestrian 2020	Est. copies ≈ 152k–247k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $835k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Tukoni: Prologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureCasual
DARQ: Complete Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $664k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	HorrorDark
Hue 2016	Est. copies ≈ 474k–770k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle
Deepest Sword 2021	Est. copies ≈ 271k–441k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Very Positive	Pixel Graphics2D Platformer
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty 2015	Est. copies ≈ 179k–291k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $985k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer