How much revenue did Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music make?

$21k–$58k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music sell?

Q: How many copies did Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music sell?

6k to 11k copies, based on its 156 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–11k; $21k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut; from 156 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 Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 132k–162k

best case 172k (Exo One)

Games like Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music

A typical game among these

≈ 132k–162k copies

≈ $189k–$711k 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.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Exo One at ≈ 131k–213k copies, ≈ $612k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 153 reviews in their first month; the range was 61 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space (5 of 8) and Sci-fi (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Space, priced around $17.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2023, 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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