How much revenue did Lingo 2 make?

$32k–$87k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lingo 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Lingo 2 sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 476 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $32k–$87k after Steam's cut $59k–$134k before Steam's cut; from 476 reviews (Very 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 Lingo 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lingo 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 658k–1.2M

best case 804k (ANIMAL WELL)

Games like Lingo 2

A typical game among these

≈ 658k–1.2M copies

≈ $7.6M–$11.4M after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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: ANIMAL WELL at ≈ 612k–995k copies, ≈ $4.2M–$11.3M after Steam's cut.

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 399 to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Exploration, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 3 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 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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Obduction 2016	Est. copies ≈ 166k–270k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
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ANIMAL WELL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 612k–995k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.3M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
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