How much revenue did Azure Sky make?

$844–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Azure Sky sell?

Q: How many copies did Azure Sky sell?

769 to 1k copies, based on its 31 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 769–1k; $844–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$3k before the cut; from 31 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 293k–544k

best case 1.6M (Rogue Legacy)

Games like Azure Sky

The middle of these games

≈ 293k–544k copies

≈ $1.5M–$4.5M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Rogue Legacy at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 221 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (6 of 8) and Metroidvania (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguevania + Platformer, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2023, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before the cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
UnEpic 2014	Est. copies ≈ 458k–744k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before the cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	RPGIndie
not available 2023	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Mostly Positive	Parkour3D Platformer
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–289k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $978k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaMetroidvania
Foregone 2021	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $191k–$514k after Steam's cut $348k–$791k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
ALTF4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 268k–435k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $220k–$592k after Steam's cut $401k–$911k before the cut	$2.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	RunnerPhysics
Himno 2019	Est. copies ≈ 168k–272k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayPixel Graphics
You Have to Win the Game 2014	Est. copies ≈ 321k–521k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaFree to Play