How much revenue did Beam make?

$8k–$21k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beam sell?

Q: How many copies did Beam sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 60 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before the cut; from 60 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Beam out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beam's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–2k

best case 147k (Heavenly Bodies)

Games like Beam

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–2k copies

≈ $2k–$4k after Steam's cut

from ~45 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Heavenly Bodies at ≈ 112k–182k copies, ≈ $614k–$1.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 21 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 9 to 467.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Precision Platformer (7 of 8) and 2D Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Physics + Space, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Physics; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 52 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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Heavenly Bodies 2021	Est. copies ≈ 112k–182k 100x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $614k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PhysicsDifficult
Grocket 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	58 reviews Very Positive	2D PlatformerPixel Graphics
Super Magbot 2021	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k 9.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before the cut	$9.99	420 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerIndie
Mind Spheres 2016	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k 18x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $47k–$127k after Steam's cut $86k–$196k before the cut	$4.99	828 reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzlePhysics
A Long Way Home 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$1.99	45 reviews Mixed	Precision PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
Quadroids 2024	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$11.99	35 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
Astra And The New Constellation 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$4.89	51 reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer2D
Portal Mortal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $920–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$4.99	27 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer