How much revenue did Waveform make?

$61k–$164k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Waveform sell?

Q: How many copies did Waveform sell?

111k to 181k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 111k–181k; $61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$252k before the cut; from 2k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Waveform out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Waveform's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.3M–5.3M

best case 10.5M (Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition)

The Puzzle genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 4.3M–5.3M copies

≈ $20.6M–$37.9M after Steam's cut

from ~111k reviews

Best case

≈ 8.0M–13.0M copies

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · ≈ $11.0M–$29.6M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (3 of 8) and Beautiful (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Zombies, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2020, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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