How much revenue did Ball laB make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ball laB sell?

Q: How many copies did Ball laB sell?

27k to 43k copies, based on its 875 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 27k–43k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut; from 875 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 Ball laB and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ball laB's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–15k

best case 356k (Deepest Sword)

Games like Ball laB

A typical game among these

≈ 10k–15k copies

≈ $20k–$45k after Steam's cut

from ~351 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Deepest Sword at ≈ 271k–441k copies. 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 170 reviews in their first month; the range was 130 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (8 of 8) and Precision Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2D Platformer + Side Scroller, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Metroidvania + Exploration + Action-Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 70 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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