How much revenue did Bird make?

$7k–$18k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bird sell?

Q: How many copies did Bird sell?

25k to 40k copies, based on its 998 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25k–40k; $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before the cut; from 998 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 Bird out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bird's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–8k

best case 711k (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024)

Games like Bird

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–8k copies

≈ $9k–$78k after Steam's cut

from ~76 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 at ≈ 542k–880k copies, ≈ $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 35 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 9k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Flight (6 of 8) and Exploration (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Flight, priced around $70. The breakout hits carry Realistic + Hobby Sim + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 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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AWAY: The Survival Series 2021	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $52k–$139k after Steam's cut $94k–$214k before the cut	$19.99	379 reviews Mixed	IndieExploration
Buzludzha VR 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before the cut	$11.99	48 reviews Positive	IndieAdventure
Fugl 2017	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$163k after Steam's cut $110k–$251k before the cut	$9.99	643 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessFlight
Disc Golf Online 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before the cut	$14.99	57 reviews Very Positive	GolfSimulation
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 2024	Est. copies ≈ 542k–880k 287x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.1M before the cut	$69.99	22k reviews Mixed	SimulationFlight
Hazeron Starship 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before the cut	$19.99	104 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationFPS
FLEX Disc Golf 2023	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $987–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$4.99	29 reviews Positive	SimulationCasual
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