How much revenue did Goat's Tale (Classic) make?

$5k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Goat's Tale (Classic) sell?

Q: How many copies did Goat's Tale (Classic) sell?

8k to 14k copies, based on its 336 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–14k; $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before the cut; from 336 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 Goat's Tale (Classic) out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Goat's Tale (Classic)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 16k–48k

best case 114k (I wanna be the Creator)

Games like Goat's Tale (Classic)

The middle of these games

≈ 16k–48k copies

≈ $37k–$111k after Steam's cut

from ~600 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: I wanna be the Creator at ≈ 86k–141k copies, ≈ $142k–$383k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 187 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 22 to 932.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Precision Platformer (7 of 8) and 2D Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Level Editor + Platformer, priced around $6.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, 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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Micro Platformer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
E.Z 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before the cut	$1.99	246 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
I wanna be the Creator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 86k–141k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $142k–$383k after Steam's cut $259k–$589k before the cut	$5.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionLevel Editor
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Ambidextro 2025	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $76k–$204k after Steam's cut $138k–$313k before the cut	$7.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerAction
Banana Hell 2020	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $32k–$73k before the cut	$2.99	870 reviews Mixed	IndieCasual
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