How much revenue did PHOGS! make?

$251k–$675k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PHOGS! sell?

Q: How many copies did PHOGS! sell?

37k to 59k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 37k–59k; $251k–$675k after Steam's cut $456k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 PHOGS! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PHOGS!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–9.7M

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like PHOGS!

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–9.7M copies

≈ $20.2M–$105.9M after Steam's cut

from ~100k 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: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 17k reviews in their first month; the range was 8k to 63k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (6 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2025, and 2 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 79 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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Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Split Fiction 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.4M–$116.6M after Steam's cut $78.8M–$179.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	127k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opSplit Screen
Trine 2: Complete Story 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
BattleBlock Theater® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-op Platformer
Human Fall Flat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.5M–15.4M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $52.0M–$139.7M after Steam's cut $94.5M–$214.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	227k reviews Very Positive	Co-opFunny
Chained Together 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	64k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAdventure
It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut $134.1M–$305.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	270k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
Little Nightmares II 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.3M after Steam's cut $21.8M–$49.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	59k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAdventure