How much revenue did A Difficult Game About Climbing make?

$369k–$992k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A Difficult Game About Climbing sell?

Q: How many copies did A Difficult Game About Climbing sell?

134k to 218k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 134k–218k; $369k–$992k after Steam's cut $671k–$1.5M before the cut; from 6k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left A Difficult Game About Climbing out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Difficult Game About Climbing's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.6M–27.2M

best case 40.0M (Wallpaper Engine)

The First-Person genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

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

A typical game

≈ 8.6M–27.2M copies

≈ $78.4M–$91.8M after Steam's cut

from ~312k reviews

Best case

≈ 30.5M–49.6M copies

Wallpaper Engine · ≈ $41.9M–$112.5M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (3 of 8) and Anime (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2020, a genre with a long track record.

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

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