How much revenue did Soul Drifter make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Soul Drifter sell?

Q: How many copies did Soul Drifter sell?

471 to 766 copies, based on its 19 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471–766; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 19 reviews (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 Soul Drifter and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Soul Drifter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 107k–746k

best case 3.3M (Mirror's Edge™)

Games like Soul Drifter

A typical game among these

≈ 107k–746k copies

≈ $588k–$2.8M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Mirror's Edge™ at ≈ 2.5M–4.0M copies, ≈ $13.7M–$36.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 288 reviews in their first month; the range was 160 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 3D Platformer (8 of 8) and Parkour (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action-Adventure + Parkour, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2023, and none of them 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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Crumble 2020	Est. copies ≈ 27k–45k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $113k–$304k after Steam's cut $206k–$468k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerPlatformer
Mirror's Edge™ 2009	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.7M–$36.8M after Steam's cut $24.9M–$56.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureParkour
Sonic Lost World 2015	Est. copies ≈ 274k–446k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Mixed	AdventurePlatformer
Refunct 2015	Est. copies ≈ 852k–1.4M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $701k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$2.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Parkour3D Platformer
BETON BRUTAL 2023	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $62k–$166k after Steam's cut $112k–$256k before Steam's cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerPrecision Platformer
Pseudoregalia 2023	Est. copies ≈ 473k–769k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $779k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$5.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	3D PlatformerMetroidvania
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $955k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerParkour
FrostRunner 2019	Est. copies ≈ 98k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayParkour