How much revenue did Pendelum make?

$163–$439 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pendelum sell?

Q: How many copies did Pendelum sell?

99 to 161 copies, based on its 4 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 99–161; $163–$439 after Steam's cut $297–$675 before the cut; from 4 reviews (4 user reviews); Thin evidence: 4 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Pendelum out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Pendelum's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–38k

best case 45k (Marble It Up! Ultra)

Games like Pendelum

The middle of these games

≈ 28k–38k copies

≈ $109k–$319k after Steam's cut

from ~916 reviews

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

1 of your 5 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Marble It Up! Ultra at ≈ 35k–56k copies, ≈ $285k–$765k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 3D Platformer (5 of 5) and Arcade (4 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with 3D Platformer + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 1 of your 5 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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Rolled Out! 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $60k–$162k after Steam's cut $110k–$249k before the cut	$19.99	442 reviews Very Positive	RacingPrecision Platformer
7th Sector 2019	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $62k–$166k after Steam's cut $112k–$255k before the cut	$10.99	709 reviews Mostly Positive	3D PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
Marble It Up! Ultra 2018	Est. copies ≈ 35k–56k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $285k–$765k after Steam's cut $517k–$1.2M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerFast-Paced
Hamilton's Great Adventure 2011	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62k–$167k after Steam's cut $113k–$256k before the cut	$9.99	357 reviews Mostly Positive	Local Co-OpAdventure
hololive Treasure Mountain 2024	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $56k–$151k after Steam's cut $102k–$232k before the cut	$8.99	916 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualCute