How much revenue did Tethered make?

$38k–$102k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tethered sell?

Q: How many copies did Tethered sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 211 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $38k–$102k after Steam's cut $69k–$157k before Steam's cut; from 211 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 Tethered and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tethered's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 343k–1.0M

best case 6.0M (SPORE™)

Games like Tethered

A typical game among these

≈ 343k–1.0M copies

≈ $2.3M–$7.9M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SPORE™ at ≈ 4.6M–7.5M copies, ≈ $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share God Game (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with God Game + Open World, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 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
SPORE™ 2008	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.5M 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut $46.0M–$104.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	73k reviews Very Positive	God GameOpen World
Dungeons 2 2015	Est. copies ≈ 258k–419k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	StrategyManagement
Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
War for the Overworld 2015	Est. copies ≈ 397k–645k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerBase-Building
The Universim 2024	Est. copies ≈ 265k–430k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	City BuilderGod Game
Dungeons 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 644k–1.0M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	StrategyVillain Protagonist
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 186k–303k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
War Platform 2019	Est. copies ≈ 374–608 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $102–$274 after Steam's cut $185–$421 before Steam's cut	$0.99	13 reviews Negative	SimulationWar