How much revenue did The Misadventure Of Melon make?

$609–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Misadventure Of Melon sell?

Q: How many copies did The Misadventure Of Melon sell?

317 to 515 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 317–515; $609–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 11 reviews (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 The Misadventure Of Melon and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Misadventure Of Melon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–2.9M

best case 47.6M (Geometry Dash)

Games like The Misadventure Of Melon

A typical game among these

≈ 1.4M–2.9M copies

≈ $6.7M–$16.4M after Steam's cut

from ~29k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Platformer (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Geometry Dash at ≈ 36.2M–58.9M copies, ≈ $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (3 of 8) and Beat 'em up (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Difficult + Music + Level Editor; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2021, 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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Castle Crashers® 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.9M–14.5M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.7M–$98.7M after Steam's cut $66.8M–$151.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2DOnline Co-Op
Streets of Rage 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 490k–797k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	20k reviews Very Positive	ActionBeat 'em up
Broforce 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	61k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AmericaAction
Sonic Mania 2017	Est. copies ≈ 995k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Great Soundtrack2D
Geometry Dash 2014	Est. copies ≈ 36.2M–58.9M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut $90.4M–$205.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	647k reviews Very Positive	DifficultMusic
ROUNDS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$5.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MultiplayerFighting
Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
FlatOut 2 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$16.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingCombat Racing