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 Steam's cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Only 8 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–118k

best case 237k (F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch)

Games like Ario

A typical game among these

≈ 12k–118k copies

≈ $64k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch at ≈ 181k–293k copies, ≈ $794k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

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

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Metroidvania (7 of 8) and Action-Adventure (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Platformer, priced around $16.
When they shipped: Only 1 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 ≈ 181k–293k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $794k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$15.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania Platformer
TEVI 2023	Est. copies ≈ 101k–164k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $832k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's 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 $231k–$621k after Steam's cut $420k–$955k before Steam's 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 Steam's 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 $35k–$79k before Steam's cut	$9.99	280 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureAction
Angel's Gear 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$76k before Steam's cut	$9.99	268 reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Teslagrad 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $82k–$222k after Steam's cut $150k–$341k before Steam's cut	$19.99	605 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 Steam's cut	$8.99	16 reviews Positive	IndieAction