How much revenue did Indie Game: The Movie make?

$329k–$884k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Indie Game: The Movie sell?

Q: How many copies did Indie Game: The Movie sell?

120k to 194k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 120k–194k; $329k–$884k after Steam's cut $598k–$1.4M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Indie Game: The Movie and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Indie Game: The Movie's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–11k

best case 71k (Portal 2 - The Final Hours)

Games like Indie Game: The Movie

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–11k copies

≈ $44k–$75k after Steam's cut

from ~210 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Portal 2 - The Final Hours at ≈ 54k–87k copies, ≈ $29k–$79k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 42 reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 91.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Movie (5 of 8) and 6DOF (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Documentary + Game Development, priced around $2.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Portal 2 - The Final Hours 2011	Est. copies ≈ 54k–87k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $54k–$122k before Steam's cut	$1.99	851 reviews Mostly Positive	DocumentaryGame Development
The Great C 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	235 reviews Very Positive	VRMovie
My First Date RPG (Presented by: ProjectSummerIce.com) 2024	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81–$218 after Steam's cut $148–$335 before Steam's cut	$0.99	12 reviews Mixed	FaithFeature Film
The Book of Distance 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	188 reviews Very Positive	Interactive FictionVR
Deeply Dark: Found Footage 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	210 reviews Mixed	Interactive FictionMovie
The Making of Karateka 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before Steam's cut	$19.99	138 reviews Very Positive	Action2D Fighter
Construct VR - The Volumetric Movie 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	107 reviews Mostly Positive	VRShort
AWAY: The Survival Series 2021	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$215k before Steam's cut	$19.99	382 reviews Mixed	IndieExploration