How much revenue did Neon Noodles make?

$15k–$40k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Neon Noodles sell?

Q: How many copies did Neon Noodles sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 110 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$62k before Steam's cut; from 110 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 Neon Noodles and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Neon Noodles's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–45k

best case 202k (Arctic Eggs)

Games like Neon Noodles

A typical game among these

≈ 12k–45k copies

≈ $67k–$298k after Steam's cut

from ~713 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Automation (4 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: Arctic Eggs at ≈ 154k–250k copies, ≈ $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 208 reviews in their first month; the range was 112 to 919.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Automation (4 of 8) and Cooking (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cooking + Physics, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 3 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 38 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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EXAPUNKS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $318k–$854k after Steam's cut $577k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
Recipe for Disaster 2022	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $75k–$200k after Steam's cut $136k–$308k before Steam's cut	$14.99	729 reviews Mostly Positive	CookingManagement
Kitchen Crisis 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before Steam's cut	$14.99	323 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualTower Defense
Automachef 2019	Est. copies ≈ 27k–43k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $110k–$295k after Steam's cut $200k–$454k before Steam's cut	$14.99	925 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationIndie
Bone's Cafe 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $38k–$101k after Steam's cut $68k–$155k before Steam's cut	$14.99	367 reviews Very Positive	CookingAutomation
Arctic Eggs 2024	Est. copies ≈ 154k–250k 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $768k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CookingPhysics
The Signal State 2021	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $95k–$255k after Steam's cut $173k–$393k before Steam's cut	$19.99	697 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleLogic
[ECHOSTASIS] 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $31k–$85k after Steam's cut $57k–$130k before Steam's cut	$19.99	231 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationCyberpunk