How much revenue did Golf It! make?

$1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Golf It! sell?

Q: How many copies did Golf It! sell?

772k to 1.3M copies, based on its 31k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 772k–1.3M; $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut; from 31k 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 Golf It! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Golf It!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 27k–59k

best case 2.5M (Golf With Your Friends)

Games like Golf It!

A typical game among these

≈ 27k–59k copies

≈ $102k–$227k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Golf With Your Friends at ≈ 1.9M–3.1M copies, ≈ $25.9M–$69.5M after Steam's cut. 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 301 reviews in their first month; the range was 242 to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mini Golf (7 of 8) and Golf (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mini Golf + Sports, priced around $50. The breakout hits carry Funny + Family Friendly + Casual; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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
Golf With Your Friends 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M 71x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.9M–$69.5M after Steam's cut $47.0M–$107.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	76k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerCasual
Golf Galore 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$0.99	347 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSports
Vertiginous Golf 2015	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $148k–$399k after Steam's cut $270k–$614k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mixed	GolfSteampunk
Golf Around! 2020	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $72k–$195k after Steam's cut $132k–$300k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Mini GolfGolf
Mini Golf Arena 2018	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $39k–$105k after Steam's cut $71k–$161k before Steam's cut	$8.99	519 reviews Mixed	SportsIndie
Walkabout Mini Golf VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 83k–136k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $574k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SportsGolf
Turbo Golf Racing 2024	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $71k–$192k after Steam's cut $130k–$295k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	RacingGolf
Golf Gang 2022	Est. copies ≈ 35k–58k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $97k–$261k after Steam's cut $177k–$402k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Mini GolfMultiplayer