How much revenue did Stray make?

An estimated 34.6M to 93.0M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stray sell?

Q: How many copies did Stray sell?

An estimated 4.2M to 6.8M copies, based on its 175k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.2M–6.8M; $34.6M–$93.0M net $62.9M–$143.0M gross; from 175k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Stray out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stray's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 512k–1.0M

best case 1.4M (Nine Sols)

The Story Rich lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 621k copies.

A typical game

≈ 621k copies

≈ $4.8M after Steam's cut

from ~15k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.4M copies

Nine Sols · ≈ $15.7M after Steam's cut

from 43k reviews

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 Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2013 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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