How much revenue did Cell Machine Indev make?

Cell Machine Indev is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Cell Machine Indev sell?

Q: How many copies did Cell Machine Indev sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 58 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; from 58 reviews (Mostly Positive)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–2.6M

best case 12.4M (Human Fall Flat)

Games like Cell Machine Indev

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–2.6M copies

≈ $10.0M–$24.8M after Steam's cut

from ~46k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Human Fall Flat at ≈ 9.5M–15.4M copies, ≈ $52.0M–$139.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 22k reviews in their first month; the range was 6k to 38k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (8 of 8) and Physics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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BONEWORKS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.8M–$35.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021	Est. copies ≈ 963k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
PC Building Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.4M–$22.5M after Steam's cut $15.2M–$34.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	53k reviews Very Positive	SimulationEducation
Human Fall Flat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.5M–15.4M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $52.0M–$139.7M after Steam's cut $94.5M–$214.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	227k reviews Very Positive	Co-opFunny
Hardspace: Shipbreaker 2022	Est. copies ≈ 557k–905k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.4M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	22k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSci-fi
Poly Bridge 2016	Est. copies ≈ 788k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	19k reviews Very Positive	BuildingSimulation
Teardown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$75.0M after Steam's cut $50.7M–$115.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	136k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DestructionPhysics
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