How much revenue did Into the Sinkhole make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Into the Sinkhole sell?

Q: How many copies did Into the Sinkhole sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 165 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 165 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 Into the Sinkhole and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Into the Sinkhole's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 36k–64k

best case 239k (Prince of Persia The Lost Crown)

Games like Into the Sinkhole

A typical game among these

≈ 36k–64k copies

≈ $216k–$429k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Prince of Persia The Lost Crown at ≈ 182k–295k copies, ≈ $1.5M–$4.0M 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 354 reviews in their first month; the range was 112 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (7 of 8) and Precision Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Exploration, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Side Scroller + Action + Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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