How much revenue did Yooka-Laylee make?

$1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Yooka-Laylee sell?

Q: How many copies did Yooka-Laylee sell?

186k to 302k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 186k–302k; $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Yooka-Laylee and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Yooka-Laylee's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 348k–720k

best case 2.4M (A Hat in Time)

Games like Yooka-Laylee

A typical game among these

≈ 348k–720k copies

≈ $2.9M–$6.5M after Steam's cut

from ~16k 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: A Hat in Time at ≈ 1.8M–3.0M copies, ≈ $15.2M–$40.8M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 3D Platformer (5 of 8) and Classic (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 3D Platformer + Collectathon, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Cute + Great Soundtrack + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2020, 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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Psychonauts 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerComedy
Biped 2020	Est. copies ≈ 287k–466k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Character CustomizationEmotional
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 645k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.1M–$19.1M after Steam's cut $12.9M–$29.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	22k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerAdventure
A Hat in Time 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $15.2M–$40.8M after Steam's cut $27.6M–$62.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	54k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Cute3D Platformer
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated 2020	Est. copies ≈ 452k–735k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	18k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerAdventure
Supraland 2019	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerExploration
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) 2019	Est. copies ≈ 229k–373k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $125k–$337k after Steam's cut $228k–$519k before Steam's cut	$1.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Adventure3D Platformer
Pumpkin Jack 2020	Est. copies ≈ 244k–396k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.4M after Steam's cut $3.7M–$8.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	10k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction