How much revenue did LadderClimbing make?

$123–$330 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did LadderClimbing sell?

Q: How many copies did LadderClimbing sell?

149 to 242 copies, based on its 6 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149–242; $123–$330 after Steam's cut $223–$507 before Steam's cut; from 6 reviews (6 user reviews); Only 6 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 LadderClimbing and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including LadderClimbing's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 443k–572k

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like LadderClimbing

A typical game among these

≈ 443k–572k copies

≈ $371k–$2.8M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (6 of 8) and Puzzle-Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry First-Person + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 49x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Defy Gravity Extended 2016	Est. copies ≈ 355k–576k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $194k–$522k after Steam's cut $353k–$803k before Steam's cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Zup! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$546k after Steam's cut $370k–$841k before Steam's cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Portal 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.6M–20.5M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.6M–$93.1M after Steam's cut $63.0M–$143.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	199k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Biped 2020	Est. copies ≈ 287k–466k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Character CustomizationEmotional
Teardown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$75.0M after Steam's cut $50.7M–$115.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	136k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DestructionPhysics
Braid 2009	Est. copies ≈ 629k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle