How much revenue did NeverAwake make?

$24k–$65k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did NeverAwake sell?

Q: How many copies did NeverAwake sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 176 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$99k before Steam's cut; from 176 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 NeverAwake and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including NeverAwake's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 102k–271k

best case 618k (Beat Hazard)

Games like NeverAwake

A typical game among these

≈ 102k–271k copies

≈ $732k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Beat Hazard at ≈ 471k–765k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Twin Stick Shooter (7 of 8) and Bullet Hell (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Music-Based Procedural Generation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 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
Renegade Ops 2011	Est. copies ≈ 183k–297k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $755k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$15.00	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionTwin Stick Shooter
Beat Hazard 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 65k–106k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $340k–$914k after Steam's cut $618k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$18.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic-Based Procedural Generation
Assault Android Cactus+ 2015	Est. copies ≈ 99k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $542k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $985k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter
Beat Hazard 2010	Est. copies ≈ 471k–765k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic-Based Procedural Generation
Crimsonland 2014	Est. copies ≈ 175k–285k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $674k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$13.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionShooter
Halo: Spartan Assault 2014	Est. copies ≈ 277k–449k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $227k–$611k after Steam's cut $413k–$941k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionTop-Down Shooter
Nex Machina 2017	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $416k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $756k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Twin Stick Shooter Bullet Hell
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef 2022	Est. copies ≈ 79k–128k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $433k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $787k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PvPAdventure