How much revenue did Balloon Saga make?

$35k–$95k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Balloon Saga sell?

Q: How many copies did Balloon Saga sell?

645 to 1k copies, based on its 26 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 645–1k; $35k–$95k after Steam's cut $64k–$147k before the cut; from 26 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 Balloon Saga out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Balloon Saga's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–3.6M

best case 12.7M (Assetto Corsa)

Games like Balloon Saga

The middle of these games

≈ 1.8M–3.6M copies

≈ $21.1M–$63.3M after Steam's cut

from ~69k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Assetto Corsa at ≈ 9.7M–15.8M copies, ≈ $53.4M–$143.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 17k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 6k to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 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 70 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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Assetto Corsa Competizione 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.2M–$40.8M after Steam's cut $27.6M–$62.8M before the cut	$39.99	48k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.4M–$143.6M after Steam's cut $97.1M–$220.9M before the cut	$19.99	173k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
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