How much revenue did Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky sell?

Q: How many copies did Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 75 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut; from 75 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 Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–232k

best case 363k (Halo: Spartan Assault)

Games like Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–232k copies

≈ $11k–$864k 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: Halo: Spartan Assault at ≈ 277k–449k copies, ≈ $227k–$611k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 34 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 73.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Top-Down (8 of 8) and Twin Stick Shooter (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Top-Down Shooter + Sci-fi, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2022, and none of them 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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