How many copies did Steno Arcade sell?

8k to 12k copies, based on its 183 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Steno Arcade make?

Steno Arcade is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Steno Arcade?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 8k–12k; from 183 reviews (Mostly 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 Steno Arcade and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Steno Arcade's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.3M–4.7M

best case 47.6M (Geometry Dash)

Games like Steno Arcade

A typical game among these

≈ 2.3M–4.7M copies

≈ $7.8M–$20.1M after Steam's cut

from ~76k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Geometry Dash at ≈ 36.2M–58.9M copies, ≈ $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Music (6 of 8) and Rhythm (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Precision Platformer + Level Editor + 2D; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Geometry Dash 2014	Est. copies ≈ 36.2M–58.9M 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut $90.4M–$205.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	647k reviews Very Positive	DifficultMusic
Mafia II (Classic) 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.6M–$82.4M after Steam's cut $55.7M–$126.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	59k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
A Dance of Fire and Ice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	84k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Soundpad 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	105k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
Hi-Fi RUSH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 893k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.8M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmAction
Beat Saber 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRRhythm
My Singing Monsters 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	50k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorSimulation
Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before Steam's cut	$2.99	122k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm