How much revenue did Before the Echo make?

$126k–$339k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Before the Echo sell?

Q: How many copies did Before the Echo sell?

92k to 149k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 92k–149k; $126k–$339k after Steam's cut $229k–$522k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Before the Echo and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Before the Echo's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 60k–122k

best case 1.7M (Crypt of the NecroDancer)

Games like Before the Echo

A typical game among these

≈ 60k–122k copies

≈ $168k–$393k 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.

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Music (2 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: Crypt of the NecroDancer at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $5.3M–$14.3M 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 828 reviews in their first month; the range was 166 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Music (2 of 8) and Psychedelic (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Female Protagonist, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Pixel Graphics + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2025, and 1 of the 8 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).

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FIGHT KNIGHT 2021	Est. copies ≈ 43k–69k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $234k–$629k after Steam's cut $425k–$968k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Secret of the Magic Crystals 2010	Est. copies ≈ 105k–170k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $144k–$386k after Steam's cut $261k–$594k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Time ManagementManagement
Waveform 2012	Est. copies ≈ 135k–220k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $74k–$199k after Steam's cut $134k–$306k before Steam's cut	$1.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle
Crypt of the NecroDancer 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmFemale Protagonist
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