How much revenue did Old School make?

$46k–$123k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Old School sell?

Q: How many copies did Old School sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 449 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$190k before Steam's cut; from 449 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 Old School and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Old School's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 391–2k

best case 240k (112 Operator)

Games like Old School

A typical game among these

≈ 391–2k copies

≈ $979–$9k after Steam's cut

from ~24 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: 112 Operator at ≈ 183k–297k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.4M 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 5 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 780.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Time Management (6 of 8) and Education (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Realistic, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Realistic + Moddable + Modern; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2025, 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 38 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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Text Twist 3 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $353–$952 after Steam's cut $642–$1k before Steam's cut	$3.99	13 reviews Positive	CasualWord Game
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