How much revenue did Runbow make?

$21k–$56k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Runbow sell?

Q: How many copies did Runbow sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 122 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$87k before Steam's cut; from 122 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 Runbow and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Runbow's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 302k–384k

best case 2.0M (SpeedRunners)

Games like Runbow

A typical game among these

≈ 302k–384k copies

≈ $295k–$1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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.

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

Best case: SpeedRunners at ≈ 1.5M–2.5M copies, ≈ $6.4M–$17.2M 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 Platformer (7 of 8) and 3D Platformer (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Fast-Paced; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2019, 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 36 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
Sonic Adventure 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	29k reviews Very Positive	ActionGreat Soundtrack
Distance 2018	Est. copies ≈ 231k–375k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Very Positive	RacingGreat Soundtrack
Sonic Generations Collection 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerGreat Soundtrack
SpeedRunners 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.2M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	37k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRacing
Defy Gravity Extended 2016	Est. copies ≈ 355k–576k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $194k–$522k after Steam's cut $353k–$803k before Steam's cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
Sonic Adventure DX 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.8M before Steam's cut	$7.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerGreat Soundtrack
Transformice 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release) 2019	Est. copies ≈ 229k–373k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $125k–$337k after Steam's cut $228k–$519k before Steam's cut	$1.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Adventure3D Platformer