How much revenue did PYTHIAN make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PYTHIAN sell?

Q: How many copies did PYTHIAN sell?

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

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 818–1k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before the cut; from 33 reviews (Mostly 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 PYTHIAN out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PYTHIAN's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–15k

best case 22k (Paradiddle)

Games like PYTHIAN

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–15k copies

≈ $22k–$155k after Steam's cut

from ~131 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Paradiddle at ≈ 17k–27k copies, ≈ $116k–$311k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 324 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (8 of 8) and Rhythm (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Music, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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 43 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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