How much revenue did Samorost 2 make?

$256k–$689k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Samorost 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Samorost 2 sell?

187k to 303k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 187k–303k; $256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M 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 Samorost 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Samorost 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 713–34k

best case 390k (Pool 2D - Poolians)

Games like Samorost 2

A typical game among these

≈ 713–34k copies

≈ $2k–$39k after Steam's cut

from ~110 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Bowling (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Pool 2D - Poolians at ≈ 297k–483k copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Bowling (3 of 8) and Sports (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pool + Simulation.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, 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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PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist 2015	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k 15x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $181k–$486k after Steam's cut $329k–$747k before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MemesPixel Graphics
PBA Pro Bowling 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $41k–$92k before Steam's cut	$14.99	188 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
Pool 2D - Poolians 2019	Est. copies ≈ 297k–483k 94x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayPool
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