How much revenue did Breaking Box make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Breaking Box sell?

Q: How many copies did Breaking Box sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 49 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut; from 49 reviews (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 Breaking Box out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Breaking Box's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.3M–10.6M

best case 38.6M (Portal 2)

Games like Breaking Box

The middle of these games

≈ 2.3M–10.6M copies

≈ $7.3M–$95.5M after Steam's cut

from ~78k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.4M–47.8M copies, ≈ $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 749 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 9 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle-Platformer (6 of 8) and Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 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 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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BattleBlock Theater® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.2M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before the cut	$14.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-op Platformer
Human Fall Flat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $51.8M–$139.3M after Steam's cut $94.2M–$214.2M before the cut	$19.99	226k reviews Very Positive	Co-opFunny
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.4M–47.8M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut $147.0M–$334.4M before the cut	$9.99	466k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
A Dance of Fire and Ice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.6M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.4M before the cut	$5.99	83k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Vectronom 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$107k before the cut	$9.99	328 reviews Very Positive	RhythmPuzzle-Platformer
Portal Mortal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $920–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$4.99	27 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
DDNet 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	46k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpFree to Play
Chained Together 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.9M before the cut	$4.99	63k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAdventure