How much revenue did On Rusty Trails make?

$46k–$123k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did On Rusty Trails sell?

Q: How many copies did On Rusty Trails sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 267 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$189k before Steam's cut; from 267 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 On Rusty Trails and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including On Rusty Trails's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–16k

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like On Rusty Trails

A typical game among these

≈ 14k–16k copies

≈ $58k–$111k after Steam's cut

from ~444 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: Celeste at ≈ 4.5M–7.4M copies, ≈ $24.9M–$67.0M 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 277 reviews in their first month; the range was 236 to 399.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (8 of 8) and Precision Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 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 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
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k 6.9x vs typical 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
Lumione 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $39k–$104k after Steam's cut $70k–$160k before Steam's cut	$11.99	472 reviews Mostly Positive	Platformer Precision Platformer
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 336x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! 2020	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	419 reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPrecision Platformer
Rolled Out! 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$163k after Steam's cut $110k–$250k before Steam's cut	$19.99	444 reviews Very Positive	RacingPrecision Platformer
Leap Year 2024	Est. copies ≈ 80k–129k 7.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $109k–$294k after Steam's cut $199k–$452k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationPrecision Platformer
1 Screen Platformer 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$42k before Steam's cut	$2.99	429 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
Knytt Underground 2013	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $60k–$161k after Steam's cut $109k–$247k before Steam's cut	$6.99	492 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerIndie