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How big is Pigbook?

Estimated owners
≈ 223–363
from 9 reviews (9 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 9 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 Pigbook out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pigbook's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 501k–857k
best case 25.3M (Hollow Knight)
Games like Pigbook

The middle of these games

≈ 501k–857k copies

≈ $3.6M–$4.6M after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Hollow Knight at ≈ 19.3M–31.3M copies, ≈ $79.5M–$213.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Metroidvania (8 of 8) and Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Platformer, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Great Soundtrack + Atmospheric; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2011 to 2022, 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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2013
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–2.0M
1.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
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$5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.6M before the cut
$14.99
19k reviews
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ActionPlatformer
SteamWorld Dig
2013
Est. copies
≈ 696k–1.1M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before the cut
$9.99
11k reviews
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PlatformerMining
Rogue Legacy 2
2022
Est. copies
≈ 375k–610k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut
$24.99
15k reviews
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ArcadeMetroidvania
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
2016
Est. copies
≈ 3.0M–4.8M
5.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$16.4M–$44.0M after Steam's cut $29.7M–$67.6M before the cut
$19.99
71k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
AtmosphericGreat Soundtrack
Hollow Knight
2017
Est. copies
≈ 19.3M–31.3M
46x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$79.5M–$213.7M after Steam's cut $144.5M–$328.8M before the cut
$14.99
561k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
The Messenger
2018
Est. copies
≈ 402k–653k
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$19.99
13k reviews
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Cave Story+
2011
Est. copies
≈ 526k–854k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before the cut
$14.99
8k reviews
Very Positive
SteamWorld Dig 2
2017
Est. copies
≈ 313k–509k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before the cut
$19.99
9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
AdventureMetroidvania

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