How much revenue did Electrogical make?

$5k–$13k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Electrogical sell?

Q: How many copies did Electrogical sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 89 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before the cut; from 89 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 Electrogical out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Electrogical's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 171k–305k

best case 309k (while True: learn())

Games like Electrogical

The middle of these games

≈ 171k–305k copies

≈ $1.4M–$1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: while True: learn() at ≈ 235k–383k copies, ≈ $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Programming (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Simulation, priced around $13.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 61 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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while True: learn() 2019	Est. copies ≈ 235k–383k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingSimulation
Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 139k–226k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $765k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingLogic
Opus Magnum 2017	Est. copies ≈ 247k–402k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleProgramming
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EXAPUNKS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $316k–$849k after Steam's cut $574k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
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