How much revenue did Altero make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Altero sell?

Q: How many copies did Altero sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 46 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 46 reviews (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 Altero and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Altero's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–37k

best case 356k (Deepest Sword)

Games like Altero

A typical game among these

≈ 28k–37k copies

≈ $57k–$121k after Steam's cut

from ~873 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Deepest Sword at ≈ 271k–441k copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 448 reviews in their first month; the range was 112 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Precision Platformer (6 of 8) and 2D Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Platformer + 2D + 2D Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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).

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