How much revenue did Heavy Burden make?

$38k–$101k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Heavy Burden sell?

Q: How many copies did Heavy Burden sell?

11k to 19k copies, based on its 460 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–19k; $38k–$101k after Steam's cut $68k–$156k before the cut; from 460 reviews (Mostly 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 Heavy Burden out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Heavy Burden's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–23k

best case 61k (Braid, Anniversary Edition)

Games like Heavy Burden

The middle of these games

≈ 13k–23k copies

≈ $41k–$116k after Steam's cut

from ~521 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Braid, Anniversary Edition at ≈ 47k–76k copies, ≈ $256k–$688k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 97 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 30 to 463.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (6 of 8) and Action-Adventure (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle-Platformer + 2D Platformer, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 61 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
Teslagrad Remastered 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before the cut	$9.99	277 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureAction
GravNewton 2017	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $45k–$120k after Steam's cut $81k–$184k before the cut	$9.99	471 reviews Mostly Positive	Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer
Draw 2023	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	839 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGAction RPG
Braid, Anniversary Edition 2024	Est. copies ≈ 47k–76k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $256k–$688k after Steam's cut $465k–$1.1M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-Platformer2D Platformer
The Deletion 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut	$1.99	228 reviews Mostly Positive	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
Teslagrad 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $82k–$220k after Steam's cut $148k–$338k before the cut	$19.99	599 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Time Loader 2021	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $31k–$84k after Steam's cut $57k–$129k before the cut	$7.99	571 reviews Very Positive	LogicStory Rich
Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$104k before the cut	$19.99	185 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAction