How much revenue did Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus® make?

$87k–$235k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus® sell?

Q: How many copies did Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus® sell?

106k to 173k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 106k–173k; $87k–$235k after Steam's cut $159k–$362k before the cut; from 2k 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 Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus® out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 331k–412k

best case 5.3M (Little Nightmares)

Games like Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®

The middle of these games

≈ 331k–412k copies

≈ $766k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Little Nightmares at ≈ 4.0M–6.5M copies, ≈ $22.0M–$59.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Dark (5 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dark, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Dark + Horror + Puzzle-Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2021, 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).

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LIMBO 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.4M–$36.1M after Steam's cut $24.4M–$55.6M before the cut	$12.49	62k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerIndie
Mark of the Ninja unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 394k–640k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Stealth Platformer
Little Nightmares II 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.4M 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.4M before the cut	$29.99	58k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAdventure
The Bridge 2013	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $756k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerHand-drawn
Seen 2019	Est. copies ≈ 288k–467k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $78k–$210k after Steam's cut $142k–$324k before the cut	$0.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessIndie
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.6M–$58.2M after Steam's cut $39.4M–$89.5M before the cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.0M–$59.2M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.1M before the cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
INMOST 2020	Est. copies ≈ 183k–297k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $753k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	IndiePixel Graphics