How much revenue did Snake Pass make?

$632k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Snake Pass sell?

Q: How many copies did Snake Pass sell?

115k to 187k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 115k–187k; $632k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Snake Pass and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Snake Pass's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 832k–4.1M

best case 12.4M (Human Fall Flat)

Games like Snake Pass

A typical game among these

≈ 832k–4.1M copies

≈ $4.9M–$31.2M after Steam's cut

from ~41k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is 3D Platformer (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

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: Human Fall Flat at ≈ 9.5M–15.4M copies, ≈ $52.0M–$139.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 3D Platformer (3 of 8) and Anime (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $20.
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).

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A Story About My Uncle 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $6.8M–$18.2M after Steam's cut $12.3M–$27.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	29k reviews Very Positive	AdventureFirst-Person
Human Fall Flat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.5M–15.4M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $52.0M–$139.7M after Steam's cut $94.5M–$214.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	227k reviews Very Positive	Co-opFunny
A Short Hike 2019	Est. copies ≈ 661k–1.1M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$7.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationRelaxing
A Hat in Time 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $15.2M–$40.8M after Steam's cut $27.6M–$62.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	54k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Cute3D Platformer
Neon White 2022	Est. copies ≈ 518k–842k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.6M–$9.6M after Steam's cut $6.5M–$14.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPS3D Platformer
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Mirror 2: Project X 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.5M before Steam's cut	$1.99	116k reviews Mostly Negative	3DMatch 3
Death's Door 2021	Est. copies ≈ 552k–897k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	CuteSouls-like