How much revenue did Life of Fly 2 make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Life of Fly 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Life of Fly 2 sell?

595 to 967 copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 595–967; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 24 reviews (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 Life of Fly 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Life of Fly 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–5k

best case 774k (Before Your Eyes)

Games like Life of Fly 2

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–5k copies

≈ $4k–$9k after Steam's cut

from ~84 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Interactive Fiction (4 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Before Your Eyes at ≈ 590k–959k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.4M 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 36 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 2k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Interactive Fiction (4 of 8) and Narrative (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + God Game, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Indie + Singleplayer + Relaxing; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 2 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 70 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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Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M 195x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before the cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Closer the Distance 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $40k–$107k after Steam's cut $73k–$165k before the cut	$19.99	293 reviews Very Positive	NarrativeStory Rich
Before Your Eyes 2021	Est. copies ≈ 590k–959k 285x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before the cut	$9.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	EmotionalNarrative
Imagine Lifetimes 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before the cut	$5.99	139 reviews Mixed	Point & ClickSimulation
Thing-in-Itself 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$2.49	126 reviews Mostly Positive	EmotionalPhilosophical
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Interstate 35 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$7.99	41 reviews Positive	Interactive FictionVisual Novel
Gravity VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$658 after Steam's cut $446–$1k before the cut	$2.99	12 reviews Positive	VRSingleplayer