How much revenue did Picayune Dreams make?

$159k–$427k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Picayune Dreams sell?

Q: How many copies did Picayune Dreams sell?

116k to 188k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 116k–188k; $159k–$427k after Steam's cut $289k–$657k before Steam's cut; from 5k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Picayune Dreams and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Picayune Dreams's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–16k

best case 62k (PUSS!)

Games like Picayune Dreams

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–16k copies

≈ $22k–$44k after Steam's cut

from ~198 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: PUSS! at ≈ 47k–77k copies, ≈ $130k–$350k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 52 reviews in their first month; the range was 19 to 124.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Bullet Hell (8 of 8) and Action Roguelike (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychedelic + Bullet Hell, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Psychedelic + Cats + Cute; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, 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 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
LONE RUIN 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before Steam's cut	$14.99	198 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeArcade
HOUSE OF GOD 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$2.99	55 reviews Very Positive	ActionRogue-like
TROUBLE JUICE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$4.99	146 reviews Very Positive	HorrorAction Roguelike
Straimium Immortaly 2016	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$58k before Steam's cut	$6.99	174 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeIndie
Shoot Trip Die 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$4.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
PUSS! 2018	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k 7.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $130k–$350k after Steam's cut $237k–$539k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PsychedelicDifficult
Waves 2: Notorious 2015	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	327 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
ATOMINE 2017	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$141k before Steam's cut	$9.99	360 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell