How many copies did Becalm sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 381 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Becalm make?

Becalm is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Becalm?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 11k–18k; from 381 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 Becalm and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Becalm's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 23k–1.4M

best case 4.6M (Muse Dash)

Games like Becalm

A typical game among these

≈ 23k–1.4M copies

≈ $84k–$4.7M after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Nature (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: Muse Dash at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Nature (4 of 8) and Beautiful (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Rhythm, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2020, 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before Steam's cut	$2.99	122k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
A Short Hike 2019	Est. copies ≈ 661k–1.1M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$7.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationRelaxing
The Plan 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	24k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayIndie
Feather 2019	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $64k–$172k after Steam's cut $116k–$264k before Steam's cut	$9.99	808 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationFlight
Journey 2020	Est. copies ≈ 958k–1.6M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.6M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	39k reviews Very Positive	BeautifulAtmospheric
Hidden Animals: English - Spanish 2017	Est. copies ≈ 826–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $225–$605 after Steam's cut $409–$930 before Steam's cut	$0.99	24 reviews Mostly Positive	Great SoundtrackEducation
Under Leaves 2017	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $39k–$106k after Steam's cut $72k–$163k before Steam's cut	$4.99	835 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Hidden ObjectColorful
Linda & Joan Prologue: “Four Months Earlier” 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	48 reviews Positive	Story RichFemale Protagonist