How much revenue did Anew: The Distant Light make?

Anew: The Distant Light is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Anew: The Distant Light sell?

Q: How many copies did Anew: The Distant Light sell?

446 to 725 copies, based on its 18 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 446–725; from 18 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 Anew: The Distant Light and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Anew: The Distant Light's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–6k

best case 222k (GRIME)

Games like Anew: The Distant Light

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–6k copies

≈ $2k–$15k after Steam's cut

from ~41 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: GRIME at ≈ 169k–275k copies, ≈ $1.2M–$3.1M 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 82 reviews in their first month; the range was 17 to 2k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and Souls-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Metroidvania + Action-Adventure + Exploration; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: Only 1 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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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GRIME 2021	Est. copies ≈ 169k–275k 169x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Color Souls 2021	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $987–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	29 reviews Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
Blue Fire 2021	Est. copies ≈ 77k–126k 77x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $425k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $772k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
Dark Roll 2019	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k 6.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	259 reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayIndie
Magenta Horizon - Neverending Harvest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$77k before Steam's cut	$10.99	247 reviews Very Positive	Stylized2D Platformer
Blessed Surface 2019	Est. copies ≈ 922–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	32 reviews Mixed	Metroidvania Bullet Hell
The Runaway Feijoão 2021	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $380–$1k after Steam's cut $691–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	28 reviews Positive	2D PlatformerHand-drawn
Candle Knight 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$14.99	49 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure