How much revenue did Area 86 make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Area 86 sell?

Q: How many copies did Area 86 sell?

967 to 2k copies, based on its 39 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 967–2k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 39 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 Area 86 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Area 86's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 480–10k

best case 38k (Adventure Escape Mysteries)

Games like Area 86

A typical game among these

≈ 480–10k copies

≈ $966–$15k after Steam's cut

from ~84 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Adventure Escape Mysteries at ≈ 29k–47k copies.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 193 reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Escape Room (8 of 8) and Puzzle (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Escape Room + Point & Click.
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 36 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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