How much revenue did Spud Customs make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Spud Customs sell?

Q: How many copies did Spud Customs sell?

397 to 645 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397–645; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 16 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 Spud Customs and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Spud Customs's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–32k

best case 52k (Trolley Problem, Inc.)

Games like Spud Customs

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–32k copies

≈ $13k–$184k after Steam's cut

from ~527 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Trolley Problem, Inc. at ≈ 40k–64k copies, ≈ $120k–$322k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 122 reviews in their first month; the range was 26 to 465.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and Management (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choices Matter + Dark Humor, priced around $11.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 2 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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Repair this! 2024	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before Steam's cut	$6.99	843 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTime Management
Not For Broadcast: Prologue 2019	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	766 reviews Very Positive	Time ManagementPolitics
Trolley Problem, Inc. 2022	Est. copies ≈ 40k–64k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $120k–$322k after Steam's cut $218k–$495k before Steam's cut	$10.99	2k reviews Mixed	Choices MatterIndie
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Karen: An Outrage Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$2.99	226 reviews Very Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureMemes
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