How much revenue did Rusted Moss make?

$231k–$622k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rusted Moss sell?

Q: How many copies did Rusted Moss sell?

42k to 68k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 42k–68k; $231k–$622k after Steam's cut $421k–$958k 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 Rusted Moss out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rusted Moss's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 814k–1.8M

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like Rusted Moss

The middle of these games

≈ 814k–1.8M copies

≈ $3.9M–$12.6M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (7 of 8) and Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 1 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 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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Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 8.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut $44.5M–$101.2M before the cut	$19.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
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