How much revenue did Nine Sols make?

$9.2M–$24.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nine Sols sell?

Q: How many copies did Nine Sols sell?

1.1M to 1.8M copies, based on its 45k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.1M–1.8M; $9.2M–$24.7M after Steam's cut $16.7M–$38.1M before the cut; from 45k 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 Nine Sols out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Nine Sols's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.7M–14.0M

best case 25.3M (Hollow Knight)

Games like Nine Sols

The middle of these games

≈ 2.7M–14.0M copies

≈ $50.0M–$110.9M after Steam's cut

from ~86k reviews

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

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Hollow Knight at ≈ 19.2M–31.3M copies, ≈ $79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Souls-like (3 of 3) and Metroidvania (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2023, 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 43 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Blasphemous 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.7M before the cut	$24.99	67k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaPixel Graphics
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $41.0M–$110.2M after Steam's cut $74.5M–$169.5M before the cut	$69.99	86k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.2M–31.3M 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's cut $144.2M–$328.1M before the cut	$14.99	559k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like