How much revenue did World of Goo make?

$1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did World of Goo sell?

Q: How many copies did World of Goo sell?

417k to 677k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 417k–677k; $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before the cut; from 7k 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 World of Goo out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including World of Goo's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–13.4M

best case 38.7M (Portal 2)

Games like World of Goo

The middle of these games

≈ 1.6M–13.4M copies

≈ $14.5M–$71.7M after Steam's cut

from ~99k 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: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–47.9M copies, ≈ $80.9M–$217.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 31k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3k to 38k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Physics (5 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2022, 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 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 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.6M–20.4M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.5M–$92.8M after Steam's cut $62.8M–$142.8M before the cut	$9.99	199k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Superliminal 2020	Est. copies ≈ 846k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.2M before the cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
BONEWORKS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.7M–$35.8M before the cut	$29.99	36k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics
Besiege 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.6M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.5M before the cut	$14.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationSandbox
Human Fall Flat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $51.8M–$139.4M after Steam's cut $94.2M–$214.4M before the cut	$19.99	227k reviews Very Positive	Co-opFunny
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–47.9M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.9M–$217.6M after Steam's cut $147.2M–$334.8M before the cut	$9.99	466k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
LIMBO 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.2M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.7M before the cut	$12.49	62k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerIndie
Teardown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.7M–$74.5M after Steam's cut $50.4M–$114.7M before the cut	$29.99	136k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DestructionPhysics