How much revenue did Kuggs make?

$428–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kuggs sell?

Q: How many copies did Kuggs sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; $428–$1k after Steam's cut $779–$2k before Steam's cut; from 21 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 Kuggs and predicted how it would do from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Kuggs's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 155k–330k

best case 239k (Prince of Persia The Lost Crown)

Games like Kuggs

A typical game among these

≈ 155k–330k copies

≈ $1.3M–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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 3 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Prince of Persia The Lost Crown at ≈ 182k–295k copies, ≈ $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Metroidvania (3 of 3) and Action-Adventure (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Exploration, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of the 3 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
You Have to Win the Game 2014	Est. copies ≈ 321k–521k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaFree to Play
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 182k–295k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
Aeterna Noctis 2021	Est. copies ≈ 54k–87k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $443k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $805k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaDifficult