How much revenue did "Glow Ball" - The billiard puzzle game make?

$6k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did "Glow Ball" - The billiard puzzle game sell?

Q: How many copies did "Glow Ball" - The billiard puzzle game sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 141 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut; from 141 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 "Glow Ball" - The billiard puzzle game and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including "Glow Ball" - The billiard puzzle game's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–16k

best case 647k (Zup! S)

Games like "Glow Ball" - The billiard puzzle game

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–16k copies

≈ $23k–$33k after Steam's cut

from ~248 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Zup! S at ≈ 493k–801k copies, ≈ $270k–$725k 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 111 reviews in their first month; the range was 42 to 158.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Logic (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $13. The breakout hits carry Exploration + Physics; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Project Chemistry 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before Steam's cut	$12.99	228 reviews Mostly Positive	ScienceEducation
Evergarden 2018	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $64k–$173k after Steam's cut $117k–$266k before Steam's cut	$9.99	770 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleStrategy
Zup! S 2018	Est. copies ≈ 493k–801k 66x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $270k–$725k after Steam's cut $491k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$1.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
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