How many copies did Arcade Boy sell?

620 to 1k copies, based on its 25 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Arcade Boy make?

Arcade Boy is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Arcade Boy?

Estimated owners: ≈ 620–1k; from 25 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 Arcade Boy out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Arcade Boy's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–21k

best case 167k (SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell)

Games like Arcade Boy

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–21k copies

≈ $4k–$84k after Steam's cut

from ~146 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: SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell at ≈ 127k–207k copies, ≈ $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 41 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 10 to 267.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Precision Platformer (8 of 8) and Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 3D Platformer + Parkour, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, 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 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k 21x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $954k–$2.2M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerParkour
Unaccessible 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before the cut	$9.99	62 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPrecision Platformer
AtmaSphere 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut	$4.99	180 reviews Mostly Positive	3D PlatformerAdventure
Dog Adventure 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $756–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$0.99	112 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual
Escape This 2016	Est. copies ≈ 30k–48k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $41k–$109k after Steam's cut $74k–$168k before the cut	$4.99	713 reviews Mixed	Precision PlatformerPerma Death
Balling Up 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$3.99	55 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPrecision Platformer
Rolled Out! 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $60k–$162k after Steam's cut $110k–$249k before the cut	$19.99	442 reviews Very Positive	RacingPrecision Platformer
Super Clown: Lost Diamonds 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$4.99	66 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePlatformer