How much revenue did Aya's Journey make?

$962–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Aya's Journey sell?

Q: How many copies did Aya's Journey sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 34 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $962–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 34 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 Aya's Journey and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Aya's Journey's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 157k–265k

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like Aya's Journey

A typical game among these

≈ 157k–265k copies

≈ $673k–$1.0M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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 (5 of 8) and Precision Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Female Protagonist + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 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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140 2013	Est. copies ≈ 297k–483k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $408k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $741k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerIndie
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $955k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerParkour
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 42x 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
Bloody Trapland 2013	Est. copies ≈ 255k–415k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $350k–$942k after Steam's cut $637k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Local Co-OpOnline Co-Op
Heavenly Bodies 2021	Est. copies ≈ 112k–182k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $772k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PhysicsDifficult
Will You Snail? 2022	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $213k–$572k after Steam's cut $387k–$880k before Steam's cut	$10.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Artificial IntelligencePrecision Platformer
N++ (NPLUSPLUS) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 149k–241k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $613k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer2D Platformer
10 Second Ninja X 2016	Est. copies ≈ 138k–225k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $380k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $690k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie