How much revenue did Flux Caves make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Flux Caves sell?

Q: How many copies did Flux Caves sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 71 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut; from 71 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 Flux Caves out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Flux Caves's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–54k

best case 54k (Hexologic)

Games like Flux Caves

The middle of these games

≈ 18k–54k copies

≈ $70k–$190k after Steam's cut

from ~783 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: Hexologic at ≈ 41k–67k copies, ≈ $57k–$152k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 40 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 30 to 177.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Sokoban (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Logic + Puzzle, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 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

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THE IMPOSSIBLE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before the cut	$4.99	583 reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Horror
Mess Adventures 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before the cut	$2.99	514 reviews Very Positive	AdventureFunny
Toodee and Topdee 2021	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $119k–$319k after Steam's cut $216k–$491k before the cut	$19.99	871 reviews Very Positive	ControllerPuzzle
King Rabbit - Puzzle 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–15k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	331 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerSokoban
About Love, Hate and the other ones 2014	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $104k–$279k after Steam's cut $189k–$429k before the cut	$7.99	843 reviews Very Positive	SokobanCasual
Death Squared 2017	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $103k–$276k after Steam's cut $186k–$424k before the cut	$14.99	723 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleLocal Co-Op
Hexologic 2018	Est. copies ≈ 41k–67k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $57k–$152k after Steam's cut $103k–$234k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	LogicPuzzle
Akin 2016	Est. copies ≈ 41k–67k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $56k–$151k after Steam's cut $102k–$233k before the cut	$4.99	985 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie