How much revenue did Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds make?

$59k–$159k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds sell?

Q: How many copies did Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds sell?

27k to 44k copies, based on its 647 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 27k–44k; $59k–$159k after Steam's cut $108k–$245k before the cut; from 647 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.7M–5.1M

best case 10.6M (Hotline Miami)

Games like Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds

The middle of these games

≈ 2.7M–5.1M copies

≈ $19.9M–$42.3M after Steam's cut

from ~70k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Fast-Paced (2 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

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: Hotline Miami at ≈ 8.1M–13.2M copies, ≈ $22.2M–$59.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Fast-Paced (2 of 8) and Gore (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Violent + Top-Down, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Top-Down + Isometric; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 1 of your 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).

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Hotline Miami 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.2M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.8M after Steam's cut $40.4M–$92.0M before the cut	$9.99	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackViolent
XCOM® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.3M after Steam's cut $45.5M–$103.5M before the cut	$19.99	109k reviews Very Positive	IsometricTurn-Based Combat
Prison Architect 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $29.7M–$79.9M after Steam's cut $54.0M–$122.9M before the cut	$29.99	74k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Last Epoch 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $28.3M–$76.0M after Steam's cut $51.4M–$116.9M before the cut	$34.99	118k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RPGLoot
The Binding of Isaac 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.5M before the cut	$4.99	63k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.1M–$43.4M after Steam's cut $29.3M–$66.7M before the cut	$14.99	80k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackGore
Battlerite 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	59k reviews Very Positive	PvPMultiplayer
Eternal Return 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	70k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayAnime