How much revenue did 4 The Elements make?

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

How many copies did 4 The Elements sell?

Q: How many copies did 4 The Elements sell?

818 to 1k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 818–1k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 33 reviews (Mostly 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 4 The Elements and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 4 The Elements's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 284k–1.4M

best case 7.3M (Dead Cells)

Games like 4 The Elements

A typical game among these

≈ 284k–1.4M copies

≈ $1.8M–$9.1M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Dead Cells at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 7 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 1k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and Action Roguelike (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Metroidvania, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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

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Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut $69.8M–$158.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	184k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction Roguelike
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–290k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaMetroidvania
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 182k–295k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
VVVVVV 2010	Est. copies ≈ 667k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $916k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsPrecision Platformer
You Have to Win the Game 2014	Est. copies ≈ 321k–521k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaFree to Play
Betrayer: Curse of the Spine 2021	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$9.99	12 reviews Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
The Big One 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69–$184 after Steam's cut $125–$283 before Steam's cut	$4.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Action RoguelikePlatformer