How much revenue did Neongarten make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Neongarten sell?

Q: How many copies did Neongarten sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 76 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut; from 76 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 Neongarten and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Neongarten's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–68k

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Neongarten

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–68k copies

≈ $8k–$384k after Steam's cut

from ~90 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 1k reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Dystopika 2024	Est. copies ≈ 87k–142k 39x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $168k–$451k after Steam's cut $305k–$693k before Steam's cut	$6.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CyberpunkDystopian
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Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 3254x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	291k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
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