How much revenue did Fallback make?

$32k–$85k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fallback sell?

Q: How many copies did Fallback sell?

11k to 19k copies, based on its 399 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–19k; $32k–$85k after Steam's cut $57k–$131k before Steam's cut; from 399 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 Fallback and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fallback's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 48k–292k

best case 716k (Spelunky 2)

Games like Fallback

A typical game among these

≈ 48k–292k copies

≈ $168k–$730k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Spelunky 2 at ≈ 545k–886k copies, ≈ $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 948 reviews in their first month; the range was 301 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (7 of 8) and Action Roguelike (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + 2D Platformer, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 1 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Downwell 2015	Est. copies ≈ 421k–685k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $346k–$931k after Steam's cut $630k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$2.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerAction Roguelike
30XX 2023	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $385k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $700k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeSide Scroller
Spelunky 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 545k–886k 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Platformer2D Platformer
Tallowmere 2015	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$190k before Steam's cut	$3.99	857 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction Roguelike
Dunjungle 2025	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $77k–$207k after Steam's cut $140k–$318k before Steam's cut	$14.99	752 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Bing in Wonderland 2023	Est. copies ≈ 54k–87k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $132k–$356k after Steam's cut $241k–$548k before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Casual2D Platformer
Caveblazers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 157k–254k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $430k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $782k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikePixel Graphics
Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite 2022	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $95k–$257k after Steam's cut $174k–$395k before Steam's cut	$16.99	824 reviews Very Positive	PlatformerPixel Graphics