How many copies did ABI-DOS sell?

11k to 17k copies, based on its 434 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did ABI-DOS make?

ABI-DOS is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is ABI-DOS?

Estimated owners: ≈ 11k–17k; from 434 reviews (Very 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 ABI-DOS out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ABI-DOS's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 250k–307k

best case 309k (while True: learn())

Games like ABI-DOS

The middle of these games

≈ 250k–307k copies

≈ $1.4M–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: while True: learn() at ≈ 235k–383k copies, ≈ $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Programming (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Simulation, priced around $13.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2021, 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).

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while True: learn() 2019	Est. copies ≈ 235k–383k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingSimulation
Human Resource Machine 2015	Est. copies ≈ 229k–372k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $943k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before the cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 139k–226k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $765k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingLogic
SHENZHEN I/O 2016	Est. copies ≈ 187k–305k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $773k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingAutomation
7 Billion Humans 2018	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $267k–$718k after Steam's cut $486k–$1.1M before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
EXAPUNKS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $316k–$849k after Steam's cut $574k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
TIS-100 2015	Est. copies ≈ 200k–326k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $385k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $700k–$1.6M before the cut	$6.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
Opus Magnum 2017	Est. copies ≈ 247k–402k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleProgramming