How much revenue did Neva make?

$1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Neva sell?

Q: How many copies did Neva sell?

264k to 429k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 264k–429k; $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut; from 11k 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 Neva out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Neva's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.4M–23.8M

best case 128.9M (Terraria)

Games like Neva

The middle of these games

≈ 9.4M–23.8M copies

≈ $73.7M–$147.9M after Steam's cut

from ~269k 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.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Female Protagonist (3 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Terraria at ≈ 98.2M–159.6M copies, ≈ $269.8M–$725.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (3 of 8) and Platformer (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 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 79 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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Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.3M–31.3M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $79.5M–$213.7M after Steam's cut $144.5M–$328.8M before the cut	$14.99	561k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $38.2M–$102.8M after Steam's cut $69.5M–$158.2M before the cut	$24.99	183k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction Roguelike
Tomb Raider Game of the Year 2013	Est. copies ≈ 17.0M–27.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $93.7M–$251.9M after Steam's cut $170.4M–$387.6M before the cut	$19.99	270k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction
It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.4M–$197.4M after Steam's cut $133.5M–$303.6M before the cut	$39.99	269k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 98.2M–159.6M 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $269.8M–$725.3M after Steam's cut $490.5M–$1115.8M before the cut	$9.99	1.6M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Portal 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.6M–20.4M 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
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–47.9M 1.7x 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
Cuphead 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $41.7M–$112.1M after Steam's cut $75.8M–$172.5M before the cut	$19.99	220k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DifficultCartoon