How much revenue did !AnyWay! make?

$10k–$27k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did !AnyWay! sell?

Q: How many copies did !AnyWay! sell?

18k to 30k copies, based on its 599 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–30k; $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before Steam's cut; from 599 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 !AnyWay! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including !AnyWay!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 81k–145k

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like !AnyWay!

A typical game among these

≈ 81k–145k copies

≈ $263k–$579k 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.5M–7.4M copies, ≈ $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut. 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Precision Platformer (8 of 8) and 2D Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + 2D Platformer, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Side Scroller; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 62x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
Deepest Sword 2021	Est. copies ≈ 271k–441k 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Very Positive	Pixel Graphics2D Platformer
Thomas Was Alone 2012	Est. copies ≈ 594k–965k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerNarration
Super Meat Boy 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.5M after Steam's cut $18.6M–$42.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Platformer
Jaded 2025	Est. copies ≈ 52k–85k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $72k–$193k after Steam's cut $131k–$297k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer2D Platformer
Dustforce DX 2012	Est. copies ≈ 151k–246k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $415k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $755k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Platformer
Will You Snail? 2022	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $213k–$572k after Steam's cut $387k–$880k before Steam's cut	$10.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Artificial IntelligencePrecision Platformer
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 182k–295k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration