How much revenue did Blaze in Space: Beat a-Maze make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blaze in Space: Beat a-Maze sell?

Q: How many copies did Blaze in Space: Beat a-Maze sell?

422 to 685 copies, based on its 17 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 422–685; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 17 reviews (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 Blaze in Space: Beat a-Maze and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blaze in Space: Beat a-Maze's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 76k–174k

best case 511k (Learn to Fly 3)

Games like Blaze in Space: Beat a-Maze

A typical game among these

≈ 76k–174k copies

≈ $59k–$463k 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Learn to Fly 3 at ≈ 390k–633k copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (6 of 8) and Arcade (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle-Platformer + Platformer, priced around $6.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2017, 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 43 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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