How much revenue did DEVIATOR make?

$48k–$130k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DEVIATOR sell?

Q: How many copies did DEVIATOR sell?

25k to 41k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25k–41k; $48k–$130k after Steam's cut $88k–$199k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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 DEVIATOR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DEVIATOR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 57k–100k

best case 653k (Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight)

Games like DEVIATOR

A typical game among these

≈ 57k–100k copies

≈ $441k–$775k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight at ≈ 498k–809k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.7M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 323 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Metroidvania (8 of 8) and 2D Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + 2D Platformer, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Exploration + Side Scroller; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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 52 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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Moonscars 2022	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $208k–$560k after Steam's cut $379k–$862k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionMetroidvania
Afterimage 2023	Est. copies ≈ 260k–423k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaFemale Protagonist
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