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How many copies did NeverAwake sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 4k–7k
$24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$99k before the cut
from 176 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left NeverAwake out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including NeverAwake's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 102k–270k
best case 618k (Beat Hazard)
Games like NeverAwake

The middle of these games

≈ 102k–270k copies

≈ $730k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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.

Best case: Beat Hazard at ≈ 471k–765k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Twin Stick Shooter (7 of 8) and Bullet Hell (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Rhythm + Music-Based Procedural Generation, priced around $10.
The era
The games you compared span 2010 to 2022, 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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Beat Hazard 2
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2.5x vs typical
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