How much revenue did The soldier in the mine make?

$7k–$18k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The soldier in the mine sell?

Q: How many copies did The soldier in the mine sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 140 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut; from 140 reviews (Mixed)

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 The soldier in the mine and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The soldier in the mine's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 622k–779k

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like The soldier in the mine

A typical game among these

≈ 622k–779k copies

≈ $3.0M–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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: Celeste at ≈ 4.5M–7.4M copies, ≈ $24.9M–$67.0M 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 Platformer (7 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2019, 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 36 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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BattleBlock Theater® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M 7.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-op Platformer
Thomas Was Alone 2012	Est. copies ≈ 594k–965k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerNarration
Hue 2016	Est. copies ≈ 474k–770k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle
LIMBO 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.3M after Steam's cut $24.5M–$55.8M before Steam's cut	$12.49	62k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerIndie
Seen 2019	Est. copies ≈ 288k–467k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $78k–$210k after Steam's cut $142k–$324k before Steam's cut	$0.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessIndie
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
Braid 2009	Est. copies ≈ 629k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 486k–790k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.4M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	9k reviews Very Positive	IndieLocal Co-Op