How much revenue did Timespinner make?

$533k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Timespinner sell?

Q: How many copies did Timespinner sell?

97k to 158k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 97k–158k; $533k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $970k–$2.2M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Timespinner and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Timespinner's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 171k–220k

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like Timespinner

A typical game among these

≈ 171k–220k copies

≈ $1.3M–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.5M–7.4M copies, ≈ $24.9M–$67.0M 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 283 reviews in their first month; the range was 21 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and Metroidvania (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Difficult + Great Soundtrack + Precision Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
3dSen PC 2025	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $57k–$154k after Steam's cut $104k–$236k before Steam's cut	$14.99	559 reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAdventure
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 182k–295k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
Indivisible 2019	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $592k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGIndie
TOMOMI 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $28k–$63k before Steam's cut	$7.99	280 reviews Very Positive	ActionMetroidvania
Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $45k–$120k after Steam's cut $81k–$185k before Steam's cut	$14.99	222 reviews Mixed	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Romancelvania 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$227k before Steam's cut	$24.99	322 reviews Mostly Positive	VampirePlatformer
Iconoclasts 2018	Est. copies ≈ 153k–249k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	IndiePixel Graphics