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How many copies did Death and Progress sell?
Estimated copies sold
≈ 720–1k
$592–$2k net $1k–$2k gross
from 25 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 Death and Progress out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Death and Progress's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 134k–228k
best case 3.3M (OneShot)
The 2D lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 166k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game
≈ 166k copies
≈ $737k after Steam's cut
from ~5k reviews
Best case
≈ 3.3M copies
OneShot · ≈ $12.9M after Steam's cut
from 64k reviews
A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are breakout hits far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering
  • Winners here lead with Story Rich + Singleplayer, priced around $11.
  • The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Story Rich + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
  • The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
  • A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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SteamSpy 100k–200k
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2016
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SteamSpy 200k–500k
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2022
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≈ 189k–307k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
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2016
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≈ 2.5M–4.1M
12x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
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$9.99
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Overwhelmingly Positive
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2017
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≈ 87k–141k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
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Overwhelmingly Positive
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2023
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≈ 917k–1.5M
7.2x vs typical
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