How much revenue did Verlet Swing make?

$89k–$240k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Verlet Swing sell?

Q: How many copies did Verlet Swing sell?

22k to 35k copies, based on its 713 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–35k; $89k–$240k after Steam's cut $162k–$370k before Steam's cut; from 713 reviews (Very 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 Verlet Swing and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Verlet Swing's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–52k

best case 167k (SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell)

Games like Verlet Swing

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–52k copies

≈ $10k–$530k after Steam's cut

from ~230 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: SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell at ≈ 127k–207k copies, ≈ $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 73 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 142.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 3D Platformer (5 of 8) and Fast-Paced (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 3D Platformer + Parkour, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, 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 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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Hell of an Office 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before Steam's cut	$14.99	184 reviews Very Positive	First-PersonAction
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k 13x vs typical 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
Celaria 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut	$5.99	143 reviews Very Positive	ParkourPrecision Platformer
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