How much revenue did Never BreakUp make?

$2k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Never BreakUp sell?

Q: How many copies did Never BreakUp sell?

992 to 2k copies, based on its 40 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 992–2k; $2k–$7k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut; from 40 reviews (Mixed)

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 Never BreakUp out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Never BreakUp's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–2.2M

best case 1.5M (DDNet)

Games like Never BreakUp

The middle of these games

≈ 1.7M–2.2M copies

≈ $8.0M–$13.1M after Steam's cut

from ~28k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: DDNet at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (6 of 8) and Fast-Paced (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2D Platformer + Precision Platformer.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2023, 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 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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Sonic Adventure 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before the cut	$9.99	28k reviews Very Positive	ActionGreat Soundtrack
Sonic Adventure DX 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$7.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerGreat Soundtrack
Transformice 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Awesomenauts 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.3M–$25.1M after Steam's cut $17.0M–$38.6M before the cut	$19.99	27k reviews Very Positive	MOBAMultiplayer
DDNet 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	46k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpFree to Play
Sonic Generations Collection 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	25k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerGreat Soundtrack
SpeedRunners 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.4M before the cut	$14.99	37k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRacing
Yeah Wow Hey 2023	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $450–$1k after Steam's cut $818–$2k before the cut	$5.99	11 reviews Mixed	CasualSports