How much revenue did Awaken make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Awaken sell?

Q: How many copies did Awaken sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 23 reviews (Mixed)

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 Awaken and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Awaken's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 249k–400k

best case 1.2M (BlazBlue Entropy Effect)

Games like Awaken

A typical game among these

≈ 249k–400k copies

≈ $1.6M–$2.9M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: BlazBlue Entropy Effect at ≈ 908k–1.5M copies, ≈ $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 14k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and 2D Platformer (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Action-Adventure, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 3 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction-Adventure
Anomaly Agent 2024	Est. copies ≈ 249k–404k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $820k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$11.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike2D Platformer
Blade Jumper 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$6.99	57 reviews Very Positive	AdventurePlatformer
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 238k–387k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $981k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Metroidvania
Axiom Verge 2015	Est. copies ≈ 324k–526k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaIndie
Dex 2015	Est. copies ≈ 174k–282k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $954k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkRPG
System Shock: Enhanced Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 116k–188k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $318k–$854k after Steam's cut $577k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Immersive SimCyberpunk
Circuit Thunder® 2024	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	5 reviews 5 user reviews	ActionAdventure