How much revenue did OneShot: World Machine Edition make?

$395k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did OneShot: World Machine Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did OneShot: World Machine Edition sell?

144k to 234k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 144k–234k; $395k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $719k–$1.6M before Steam's cut; from 6k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 OneShot: World Machine Edition and predicted how it would do from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including OneShot: World Machine Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.8M–5.0M

best case 5.8M (Stray)

Games like OneShot: World Machine Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 3.8M–5.0M copies

≈ $37.2M–$53.8M after Steam's cut

from ~108k 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 3 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Stray at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $36.6M–$98.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (2 of 3) and Story Rich (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + Cyberpunk, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut $39.7M–$90.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer
Outer Wilds 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.5M–$49.7M after Steam's cut $33.6M–$76.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	108k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationSpace
Stray 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.6M–$98.3M after Steam's cut $66.5M–$151.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	179k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsAdventure