How much revenue did The Swapper make?

$1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Swapper sell?

Q: How many copies did The Swapper sell?

393k to 639k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 393k–639k; $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before the cut; from 8k 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 The Swapper out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including The Swapper's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 158k–1.4M

best case 3.9M (INSIDE)

The Puzzle-Platformer genre

3 of your 4 similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 158k–1.4M copies

≈ $1.2M–$12.8M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.0M–4.9M copies

INSIDE · ≈ $20.6M–$55.5M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle-Platformer (3 of 4) and Metroidvania (2 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2.5D + Puzzle-Platformer, priced around $25.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2019. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 7.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.6M–$55.5M after Steam's cut $37.5M–$85.4M before the cut	$24.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer
Iconoclasts 2018	Est. copies ≈ 152k–247k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $835k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	IndiePixel Graphics
Recursed 2016	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $58k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$239k before the cut	$7.99	657 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndiePuzzle
Supraland 2019	Est. copies ≈ 436k–708k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$9.9M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerExploration