How much revenue did A Dream For Aaron make?

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

How many copies did A Dream For Aaron sell?

Q: How many copies did A Dream For Aaron sell?

942 to 2k copies, based on its 31 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 942–2k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut; from 31 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 A Dream For Aaron and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Dream For Aaron's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 63k–103k

best case 372k (BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE)

Games like A Dream For Aaron

A typical game among these

≈ 63k–103k copies

≈ $464k–$643k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE at ≈ 283k–461k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.2M 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 956 reviews in their first month; the range was 616 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (8 of 8) and Action Roguelike (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Shooter, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Shooter + Early Access + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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 43 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
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 283k–461k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rhythm
Vampire Hunters 2024	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $225k–$605k after Steam's cut $409k–$930k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeFPS
ROBOBEAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 46k–74k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $252k–$677k after Steam's cut $458k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRhythm
Immortal Redneck 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $632k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$19.95	3k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns 2021	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterFPS
SULFUR 2024	Est. copies ≈ 259k–421k 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
STRAFE: Gold Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 85k–137k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $349k–$937k after Steam's cut $634k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-liteAction
Ziggurat 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $259k–$696k after Steam's cut $470k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rogue-lite