How much revenue did Floating Life2 make?

$96k–$259k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Floating Life2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Floating Life2 sell?

18k to 28k copies, based on its 706 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–28k; $96k–$259k after Steam's cut $175k–$398k before Steam's cut; from 706 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 Floating Life2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Floating Life2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 40k–68k

best case 421k (ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game)

Games like Floating Life2

A typical game among these

≈ 40k–68k copies

≈ $123k–$373k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game at ≈ 321k–522k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M 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 951 reviews in their first month; the range was 286 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (5 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with CRPG + Exploration, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Survival + Turn-Based + Post-apocalyptic; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, 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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Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key 2023	Est. copies ≈ 56k–92k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationJRPG
HyperRogue 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $67k–$179k after Steam's cut $121k–$276k before Steam's cut	$9.99	497 reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikePsychedelic
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep 2018	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	RPGDungeon Crawler
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game 2018	Est. copies ≈ 321k–522k 7.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	CRPGExploration
Vaporum 2017	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $202k–$544k after Steam's cut $368k–$836k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon Crawler CRPG
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION 2022	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $344k–$926k after Steam's cut $626k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mixed	JRPGRPG
Dungeons of Aether 2023	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $67k–$181k after Steam's cut $122k–$278k before Steam's cut	$14.99	657 reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Their Land 2023	Est. copies ≈ 48k–78k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $39k–$105k after Steam's cut $71k–$162k before Steam's cut	$2.99	2k reviews Mixed	SingleplayerMultiplayer