How much revenue did Flat Heroes make?

$66k–$178k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Flat Heroes sell?

Q: How many copies did Flat Heroes sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 578 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $66k–$178k after Steam's cut $120k–$273k before Steam's cut; from 578 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 Flat Heroes and predicted how it would do from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Flat Heroes's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–23.8M

best case 47.6M (Geometry Dash)

Games like Flat Heroes

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–23.8M copies

≈ $22.9M–$68.8M after Steam's cut

from ~181 reviews

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

1 of the 3 similar games is a hit.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Geometry Dash at ≈ 36.2M–58.9M copies, ≈ $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Precision Platformer (2 of 3) and 3D Platformer (1 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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 3575x 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
Sphere Arena 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$658 after Steam's cut $445–$1k before Steam's cut	$8.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Early AccessPrecision Platformer
Catch Me If You Can 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	181 reviews Very Positive	Fast-PacedRunner