How much revenue did BM Studio make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BM Studio sell?

Q: How many copies did BM Studio sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 117 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 117 reviews (Mostly 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 BM Studio and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BM Studio's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–9k

best case 26k (Desktop Magic Engine)

Games like BM Studio

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–9k copies

≈ $1k–$47k after Steam's cut

from ~47 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Desktop Magic Engine at ≈ 20k–32k copies, ≈ $22k–$58k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 177 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 343.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Audio Production (8 of 8) and Utilities (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Utilities + Animation & Modeling, priced around $4.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2023, 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 43 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Paradiddle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k 15x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $117k–$314k after Steam's cut $212k–$483k before Steam's cut	$24.99	685 reviews Very Positive	VRMusic
SynthVR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $19k–$42k before Steam's cut	$24.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Audio ProductionUtilities
Virtual Home Theater VR Video Player 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$120k before Steam's cut	$29.99	122 reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
Desktop Magic Engine 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $22k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut	$3.99	795 reviews Mostly Positive	UtilitiesAnimation & Modeling
ASMR Universe 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 482–783 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $794–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$5.99	14 reviews Mixed	UtilitiesAudio Production
foreverloops LONGPLAY 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	32 reviews Mostly Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
GraviSound 2018	Est. copies ≈ 851–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $302–$812 after Steam's cut $549–$1k before Steam's cut	$1.29	28 reviews Mostly Positive	Audio ProductionUtilities
EasyMMD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 818–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $448–$1k after Steam's cut $814–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	33 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual