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How many copies did Putt-Putt® Travels Through Time sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 20k–33k
$39k–$106k after Steam's cut $72k–$163k before Steam's cut
from 366 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 Putt-Putt® Travels Through Time and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Putt-Putt® Travels Through Time's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–1.5M
best case 2.7M (Age of Mythology: Extended Edition)
Games like Putt-Putt® Travels Through Time

A typical game among these

≈ 1.0M–1.5M copies

≈ $9.1M–$11.7M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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.

Best case: Age of Mythology: Extended Edition at ≈ 2.0M–3.3M copies, ≈ $16.8M–$45.1M 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 Classic (7 of 8) and Fantasy (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Mythology + RTS, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Mythology + RTS + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2001 to 2021, 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

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
2014
Est. copies
≈ 2.0M–3.3M
2.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$16.8M–$45.1M after Steam's cut $30.5M–$69.4M before Steam's cut
$29.99
36k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyMythology
Quake Live
2014
Est. copies
≈ 890k–1.4M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut
$9.99
16k reviews
Very Positive
FPSArena Shooter
Old School RuneScape
2021
Est. copies
≈ 517k–840k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
21k reviews
Very Positive
MMORPGFree to Play
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
2014
Est. copies
≈ 891k–1.4M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut
$19.99
16k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyRTS
Gothic 1
2001
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–1.9M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.4M before Steam's cut
$19.99
18k reviews
Very Positive
RPGOpen World
Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy
2018
Est. copies
≈ 679k–1.1M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$7.5M–$20.1M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$30.9M before Steam's cut
$39.99
22k reviews
Very Positive
3D PlatformerRemake
Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition
2015
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–2.0M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$20.8M before Steam's cut
$14.99
25k reviews
Mostly Positive
StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Gothic II: Gold Edition
2005
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.8M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$6.2M–$16.8M after Steam's cut $11.3M–$25.8M before Steam's cut
$19.99
18k reviews
Very Positive
RPGClassic

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