How much revenue did FaceRig make?

FaceRig is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did FaceRig sell?

Q: How many copies did FaceRig sell?

405k to 658k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 405k–658k; from 8k 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 FaceRig and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FaceRig's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 635–7k

best case 5.9M (Blender)

Games like FaceRig

A typical game among these

≈ 635–7k copies

≈ $2k–$10k after Steam's cut

from ~70 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Blender at ≈ 4.5M–7.3M copies. 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 12 reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 47.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Video Production (8 of 8) and Simulation (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Animation & Modeling + Video Production. The breakout hits carry Free to Play + Difficult + Animation & Modeling; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Source Filmmaker 2012	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M 630x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	44k reviews Very Positive	Animation & ModelingFree to Play
Blender 2015	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.3M 1316x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Animation & ModelingSoftware
VEGAS Pro 14 Edit Steam Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k 21x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Video ProductionSoftware
Clip maker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	242 reviews Very Positive	Animation & ModelingVideo Production
Love Too Easily 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before Steam's cut	$21.99	107 reviews Very Positive	SimulationChoose Your Own Adventure
YTP Generator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 818–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$4.99	33 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieUtilities
Truth 2023	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut	$12.99	15 reviews Mixed	CasualSimulation
연오와 세오 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$24.99	13 reviews Mostly Negative	SimulationVideo Production