How much revenue did Pixel: ru² make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pixel: ru² sell?

Q: How many copies did Pixel: ru² sell?

976 to 2k copies, based on its 20 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 976–2k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 20 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 Pixel: ru² and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pixel: ru²'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–32k

best case 23.2M (Half-Life 2)

Games like Pixel: ru²

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–32k copies

≈ $41k–$113k after Steam's cut

from ~538 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Puzzle (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Half-Life 2 at ≈ 17.7M–28.8M copies, ≈ $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (4 of 8) and Classic (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Sci-fi, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry FPS + Action + Sci-fi; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2004 to 2021, and none of them 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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Half-Life 2: Episode One 2006	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M 58x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	31k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction
Half-Life 2 2004	Est. copies ≈ 17.7M–28.8M 520x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut $88.4M–$201.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction
Etherborn 2019	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$165k after Steam's cut $112k–$254k before Steam's cut	$16.99	457 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieGreat Soundtrack
Half-Life 2: Episode Two 2007	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 77x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction
Roundabout 2014	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $96k–$258k after Steam's cut $174k–$396k before Steam's cut	$9.99	623 reviews Very Positive	FMVIndie
Awareness Rooms 2016	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before Steam's cut	$4.99	579 reviews Very Positive	IndieAdventure
Gordian Rooms 1: A curious heritage 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$91k before Steam's cut	$5.99	538 reviews Very Positive	MysteryAtmospheric
Maskmaker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$91k before Steam's cut	$9.99	322 reviews Very Positive	VRAdventure