How much revenue did Colortone make?

$35k–$94k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Colortone sell?

Q: How many copies did Colortone sell?

18k to 29k copies, based on its 371 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–29k; $35k–$94k after Steam's cut $63k–$144k before Steam's cut; from 371 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 Colortone and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Colortone's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 78k–231k

best case 387k (BEEP)

Games like Colortone

A typical game among these

≈ 78k–231k copies

≈ $74k–$357k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: BEEP at ≈ 295k–480k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 41.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Physics.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, and 1 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
BEEP 2011	Est. copies ≈ 295k–480k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	IndiePlatformer
Quantum Conundrum 2012	Est. copies ≈ 136k–221k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $337k–$905k after Steam's cut $612k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
gravilon 2015	Est. copies ≈ 61k–99k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $50k–$135k after Steam's cut $91k–$208k before Steam's cut	$2.99	1k reviews Mixed	IndiePlatformer
Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball 2015	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$124k before Steam's cut	$1.99	1k reviews Mixed	CasualIndie
Dimensional Dexterity 2023	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $47–$127 after Steam's cut $86–$195 before Steam's cut	$0.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Puzzle Platformer
Timeworks 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$4.99	52 reviews Very Positive	Time ManagementTime Travel
BounceShot 2022	Est. copies ≈ 620–1k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $510–$1k after Steam's cut $927–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	25 reviews Positive	ActionShooter
Gorge 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	88 reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-Platformer3D Platformer