How much revenue did A Story About Birds make?

$749–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A Story About Birds sell?

Q: How many copies did A Story About Birds sell?

546 to 887 copies, based on its 22 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 546–887; $749–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 22 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 A Story About Birds and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Story About Birds's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 75k–130k

best case 440k (Two Point Museum)

Games like A Story About Birds

A typical game among these

≈ 75k–130k copies

≈ $573k–$978k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Two Point Museum at ≈ 335k–545k copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

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 451 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (7 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Life Sim, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Strategy + Building + City Builder; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 3 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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Two Point Museum 2025	Est. copies ≈ 335k–545k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationCasual
Shelter 2013	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $968k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventureSurvival
Grow: Song of the Evertree 2021	Est. copies ≈ 64k–103k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $438k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $795k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerAdventure
No Place Like Home 2022	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $561k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Farming SimCrafting
Summer in Mara 2020	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $300k–$808k after Steam's cut $546k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Life SimRelaxing
Summon 2023	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$100k before Steam's cut	$0.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SimulationMemes
WolfQuest: Classic 2025	Est. copies ≈ 41k–67k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $341k–$918k after Steam's cut $621k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRPG
WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition 2025	Est. copies ≈ 332k–539k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessLife Sim