How much revenue did Marble World make?

$182k–$489k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Marble World sell?

Q: How many copies did Marble World sell?

33k to 54k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 33k–54k; $182k–$489k after Steam's cut $330k–$752k before the cut; from 1k 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 Marble World out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Marble World's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 570–64k

best case 2.1M (Universe Sandbox)

Games like Marble World

The middle of these games

≈ 570–64k copies

≈ $2k–$18k after Steam's cut

from ~97 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Universe Sandbox at ≈ 1.6M–2.5M copies, ≈ $12.9M–$34.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 7 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5 to 68.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Physics (8 of 8) and Sandbox (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Space, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2026, 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 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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Universe Sandbox Legacy 2011	Est. copies ≈ 188k–306k 31x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$58k before the cut	$19.99	103 reviews Mostly Positive	DestructionSandbox
Pure Gore (Sandbox&Playground) 2023	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $776–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$5.99	19 reviews Mixed	GoreSandbox
Art of Destruction 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$4.99	96 reviews Mostly Positive	SandboxCasual
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M 331x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.9M–$34.7M after Steam's cut $23.5M–$53.4M before the cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
Demolition Master - Destruction Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $884–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$9.99	13 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationDestruction
Water Physics Simulation 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut	$8.99	98 reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Destructive Contraptions 2026	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $327–$880 after Steam's cut $595–$1k before the cut	$7.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	SandboxPhysics