How many copies did Fly of butterfly sell?

790 to 1k copies, based on its 26 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Fly of butterfly make?

Fly of butterfly is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Fly of butterfly?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 790–1k; from 26 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 Fly of butterfly and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fly of butterfly's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 228–6k

best case 182k (Heliborne Collection)

Games like Fly of butterfly

A typical game among these

≈ 228–6k copies

≈ $376–$15k after Steam's cut

from ~16 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: Heliborne Collection at ≈ 139k–225k copies, ≈ $1.1M–$3.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 95.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fantasy (6 of 8) and Flight (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Military + Flight, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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VITATIO 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	10 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionCasual
The Mirum 2019	Est. copies ≈ 634–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $696–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$3.99	22 reviews Mixed	PuzzleEscape Room
Elmarion: Dragon time 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 35x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut	$2.99	564 reviews Mostly Positive	DragonsFlight
Paladin's Lance 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81–$219 after Steam's cut $148–$337 before Steam's cut	$2.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	ActionAdventure
Heliborne Collection 2017	Est. copies ≈ 139k–225k 252x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	MilitaryFlight
Elmarion: Dragon's Princess 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$10.99	68 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureRPG