How much revenue did Sombra make?

$735–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sombra sell?

Q: How many copies did Sombra sell?

446 to 725 copies, based on its 18 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 446–725; $735–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 18 reviews (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 Sombra and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sombra's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 191k–370k

best case 498k (Webbed)

Games like Sombra

A typical game among these

≈ 191k–370k copies

≈ $1.3M–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Webbed at ≈ 380k–617k copies, ≈ $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 964 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (8 of 8) and Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2D Platformer + Physics, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 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).

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Webbed 2021	Est. copies ≈ 380k–617k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2D PlatformerCute
Hoa 2021	Est. copies ≈ 78k–128k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $323k–$870k after Steam's cut $588k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	2D PlatformerRelaxing
Sonic Origins 2022	Est. copies ≈ 161k–262k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	Action2D Platformer
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