How much revenue did Tick Hop make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tick Hop sell?

Q: How many copies did Tick Hop sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 207 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut; from 207 reviews (Mostly 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 Tick Hop and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tick Hop's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–245k

best case 3.3M (Super Meat Boy)

Games like Tick Hop

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–245k copies

≈ $954–$899k after Steam's cut

from ~74 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: Super Meat Boy at ≈ 2.5M–4.0M copies, ≈ $10.2M–$27.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 22 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 192.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (8 of 8) and Precision Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2024, 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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Super Meat Boy 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 534x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.5M after Steam's cut $18.6M–$42.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Platformer
VVVVVV 2010	Est. copies ≈ 667k–1.1M 144x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $916k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsPrecision Platformer
WINCH IT OUT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $442–$1k after Steam's cut $803–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	13 reviews Positive	RacingDriving
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Exoracer 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$4.99	66 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
JellyCar Worlds 2022	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k 15x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $59k–$159k after Steam's cut $108k–$245k before Steam's cut	$7.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Racing2D Platformer
Magical Girl Dash 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $405–$1k after Steam's cut $737–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerRunner
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