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How many copies did Aeon sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 9k–15k
$25k–$66k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before Steam's cut
from 260 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 Aeon and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Aeon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–227k
best case 2.2M (SUPERHOT)
Games like Aeon

A typical game among these

≈ 22k–227k copies

≈ $141k–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~850 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SUPERHOT at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies, ≈ $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 128 reviews in their first month; the range was 37 to 511.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share VR (7 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with FPS + Bullet Time, priced around $25.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2016 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 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

SUPERHOT
2016
Est. copies
≈ 1.7M–2.8M
48x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before Steam's cut
$24.99
41k reviews
Very Positive
ActionFPS
Pistol Whip
2019
Est. copies
≈ 119k–193k
4.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut
$29.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
VRAction
Hellsweeper VR
2023
Est. copies
≈ 15k–25k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$85k–$227k after Steam's cut $154k–$350k before Steam's cut
$19.99
620 reviews
Very Positive
Hack and SlashAction Roguelike
Bullet Sorrow VR
2017
Est. copies
≈ 9k–15k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$215k before Steam's cut
$19.99
275 reviews
Very Positive
ActionFPS
Fast and Low
2023
Est. copies
≈ 20k–32k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$110k–$295k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before Steam's cut
$19.99
804 reviews
Very Positive
VROnline Co-Op
Espire 1: VR Operative
2019
Est. copies
≈ 17k–27k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$92k–$248k after Steam's cut $168k–$381k before Steam's cut
$19.99
582 reviews
Mixed
3D PlatformerVR
SUPERHOT VR
2017
Est. copies
≈ 334k–543k
11x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before Steam's cut
$24.99
10k reviews
Very Positive
VRShooter
NightClub Simulator
2024
Est. copies
≈ 22k–36k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$176k before Steam's cut
$6.99
895 reviews
Very Positive
VRAction

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