How much revenue did Far Away make?

$725k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Far Away sell?

Q: How many copies did Far Away sell?

203k to 330k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 203k–330k; $725k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before the cut; from 8k 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 Far Away out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Far Away's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 30k–39k

best case 312k (Aliya: Timelink)

Games like Far Away

The middle of these games

≈ 30k–39k copies

≈ $43k–$57k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Aliya: Timelink at ≈ 238k–387k copies, ≈ $196k–$526k after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 416 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 113 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Visual Novel (7 of 8) and Word Game (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Multiple Endings + Choices Matter, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 43 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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