How much revenue did Owlboy make?

An estimated 1.3M to 3.6M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Owlboy sell?

Q: How many copies did Owlboy sell?

An estimated 244k to 396k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 244k–396k; $1.3M–$3.6M net $2.4M–$5.5M gross; from 6k 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 Owlboy out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Owlboy's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.8M–6.2M

best case 104.7M (Terraria)

The Pixel Graphics lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 5.7M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 5.7M copies

≈ $37.4M after Steam's cut

from ~123k reviews

Best case

≈ 104.7M copies

Terraria · ≈ $404.3M after Steam's cut

from 1.5M reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit 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 Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox, priced around $10.
The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Open World Survival Craft + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2011 to 2023, 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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