How much revenue did The Beginner's Guide make?

$3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Beginner's Guide sell?

Q: How many copies did The Beginner's Guide sell?

1.1M to 1.8M copies, based on its 23k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.1M–1.8M; $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.3M before the cut; from 23k reviews (Very Positive)

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 The Beginner's Guide out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Beginner's Guide's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 772k–2.1M

best case 2.3M (What Remains of Edith Finch)

The First-Person genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 772k–2.1M copies

≈ $6.8M–$14.8M after Steam's cut

from ~24k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies

What Remains of Edith Finch · ≈ $9.8M–$26.4M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (7 of 8) and Walking Simulator (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Walking Simulator, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2022, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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