How much revenue did Lab BreakOut make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lab BreakOut sell?

Q: How many copies did Lab BreakOut sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut; from 21 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 Lab BreakOut out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lab BreakOut's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–17k

best case 45k (Mind Spheres)

Games like Lab BreakOut

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–17k copies

≈ $12k–$61k after Steam's cut

from ~263 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: Mind Spheres at ≈ 34k–56k copies, ≈ $47k–$127k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 47 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 13 to 114.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Precision Platformer (6 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Physics, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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Forklift Load 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$2.99	155 reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer3D Platformer
Krimson 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before the cut	$9.99	132 reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Rhythm
Mind Spheres 2016	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $47k–$127k after Steam's cut $86k–$196k before the cut	$4.99	828 reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzlePhysics
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Trianguluv 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$1.99	80 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Beam 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before the cut	$18.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerSpace
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