How much revenue did Lifeforms: Binary Fission make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lifeforms: Binary Fission sell?

Q: How many copies did Lifeforms: Binary Fission sell?

818 to 1k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 818–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 33 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 Lifeforms: Binary Fission and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lifeforms: Binary Fission's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 191k–429k

best case 980k (Moonlighter)

Games like Lifeforms: Binary Fission

A typical game among these

≈ 191k–429k copies

≈ $974k–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Moonlighter at ≈ 747k–1.2M copies, ≈ $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 409 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hack and Slash + Dungeon Crawler, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Hack and Slash + Management + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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
Moonlighter 2018	Est. copies ≈ 747k–1.2M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashPixel Graphics
OTXO 2023	Est. copies ≈ 99k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $407k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $740k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTop-Down Shooter
Pixel Piracy 2014	Est. copies ≈ 412k–669k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeSandbox
SULFUR 2024	Est. copies ≈ 259k–421k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Atomicrops 2020	Est. copies ≈ 158k–256k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $649k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
We Who Are About To Die 2022	Est. copies ≈ 207k–337k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$21.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessIndie
Necrosmith 2022	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $109k–$294k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction Roguelike
EVERSPACE™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 395k–642k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceAction Roguelike