How much revenue did 99 Fails Lite make?

99 Fails Lite is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did 99 Fails Lite sell?

Q: How many copies did 99 Fails Lite sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 65 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; from 65 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 99 Fails Lite and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 99 Fails Lite's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–10k

best case 71k (TTV2)

Games like 99 Fails Lite

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–10k copies

≈ $3k–$26k after Steam's cut

from ~114 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: TTV2 at ≈ 54k–88k copies, ≈ $15k–$40k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 12 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 152.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (5 of 8) and Precision Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fast-Paced + Arcade, priced around $1.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2021. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 52 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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TTV2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$61k before Steam's cut	$0.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Spinning_Kid 2020	Est. copies ≈ 843–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$4.99	34 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualAdventure
Gunner Deadly Expedition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $545–$1k after Steam's cut $991–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	16 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerSpectacle fighter
Nary 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$1.99	93 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerAction Roguelike
Jet Kave Adventure 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut	$14.99	135 reviews Very Positive	PlatformerSide Scroller
Night Lights 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$4.99	78 reviews Very Positive	SokobanPrecision Platformer
Moustache Mountain 2016	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $6k–$15k before Steam's cut	$1.99	157 reviews Mostly Positive	Local Co-OpDifficult
Spirits Abyss 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $26k–$71k after Steam's cut $48k–$109k before Steam's cut	$8.99	430 reviews Very Positive	Platformer Rogue-like