How much revenue did Ario make?

$707–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ario sell?

Q: How many copies did Ario sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $707–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Thin evidence: 8 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 Ario out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ario's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–117k

best case 236k (F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch)

Games like Ario

The middle of these games

≈ 12k–117k copies

≈ $64k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch at ≈ 180k–292k copies, ≈ $790k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 83 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 13 to 3k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Metroidvania (7 of 8) and Action-Adventure (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Platformer, priced around $16.
The era: Only 1 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch 2021	Est. copies ≈ 180k–292k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $790k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before the cut	$15.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania Platformer
TEVI 2023	Est. copies ≈ 100k–163k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $829k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaAnime
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise 2022	Est. copies ≈ 56k–91k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $230k–$617k after Steam's cut $417k–$950k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeExploration
Myastere -Ruins of Deazniff- 2021	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before the cut	$19.99	35 reviews Mixed	ActionMetroidvania
Teslagrad Remastered 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before the cut	$9.99	277 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureAction
Angel's Gear 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before the cut	$9.99	267 reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Teslagrad 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $82k–$220k after Steam's cut $148k–$338k before the cut	$19.99	599 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Plateman 2024	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $982–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$8.99	16 reviews Positive	IndieAction