How much revenue did FLOAT make?

$108–$292 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FLOAT sell?

Q: How many copies did FLOAT sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $108–$292 after Steam's cut $197–$449 before the cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Thin evidence: 8 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 FLOAT out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FLOAT's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 19k–76k

best case 134k (Heretic's Fork)

Games like FLOAT

The middle of these games

≈ 19k–76k copies

≈ $143k–$399k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Heretic's Fork at ≈ 102k–166k copies, ≈ $280k–$754k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 451 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 15 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Deckbuilding (6 of 8) and Tower Defense (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Deckbuilding + Tower Defense, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 3 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 36 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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Heretic's Fork 2023	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $280k–$754k after Steam's cut $510k–$1.2M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Deckbuilding Tower Defense
Border Pioneer 2025	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $195k–$524k after Steam's cut $355k–$807k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Mineral Defense 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$107k before the cut	$14.99	253 reviews Very Positive	StrategyRogue-lite
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ORX 2022	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $93k–$250k after Steam's cut $169k–$385k before the cut	$19.99	683 reviews Mixed	Roguelike Deckbuilder Tower Defense
Overdungeon 2019	Est. copies ≈ 90k–145k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $369k–$992k after Steam's cut $671k–$1.5M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyIndie
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