How much revenue did helicopter 2.0 make?

$196–$527 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did helicopter 2.0 sell?

Q: How many copies did helicopter 2.0 sell?

719 to 1k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 719–1k; $196–$527 after Steam's cut $356–$810 before Steam's cut; from 29 reviews (Mixed)

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 helicopter 2.0 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including helicopter 2.0's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 99k–178k

best case 907k (Garfield Kart)

Games like helicopter 2.0

A typical game among these

≈ 99k–178k copies

≈ $93k–$697k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Puzzle (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Garfield Kart at ≈ 691k–1.1M copies, ≈ $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (4 of 8) and Platformer (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cult Classic + Combat Racing, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Action + Cult Classic; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2020, 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 70 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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Airscape - The Fall of Gravity 2015	Est. copies ≈ 130k–210k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $178k–$478k after Steam's cut $323k–$735k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpExploration
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
gravilon 2015	Est. copies ≈ 61k–99k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $50k–$135k after Steam's cut $91k–$208k before Steam's cut	$2.99	1k reviews Mixed	IndiePlatformer
The Howler 2014	Est. copies ≈ 117k–190k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball 2015	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$124k before Steam's cut	$1.99	1k reviews Mixed	CasualIndie
Polarity 2016	Est. copies ≈ 194k–316k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $694k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$12.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
Biped 2020	Est. copies ≈ 287k–466k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Character CustomizationEmotional
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