How much revenue did while True: learn() make?

$848k–$2.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did while True: learn() sell?

Q: How many copies did while True: learn() sell?

237k to 386k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 237k–386k; $848k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 while True: learn() and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including while True: learn()'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 251k–392k

best case 2.0M (Stormworks: Build and Rescue)

Games like while True: learn()

A typical game among these

≈ 251k–392k copies

≈ $1.4M–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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.

Best case: Stormworks: Build and Rescue at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Programming (6 of 8) and Automation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Base-Building, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Sandbox + Base-Building + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2021, 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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