How much revenue did Wavetale make?

$579k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wavetale sell?

Q: How many copies did Wavetale sell?

70k to 114k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 70k–114k; $579k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut; from 3k 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 Wavetale out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wavetale's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 92k–136k

best case 3.3M (Mirror's Edge™)

Games like Wavetale

The middle of these games

≈ 92k–136k copies

≈ $556k–$1.2M 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: Mirror's Edge™ at ≈ 2.5M–4.0M copies, ≈ $13.7M–$36.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 352 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 3D Platformer (8 of 8) and Action-Adventure (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action-Adventure + 3D Platformer, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, 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 79 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
Mirror's Edge™ 2009	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.7M–$36.7M after Steam's cut $24.8M–$56.5M before the cut	$19.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureParkour
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake 2023	Est. copies ≈ 123k–200k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before the cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerFamily Friendly
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 2023	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.8M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.5M before the cut	$59.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Adventure3D Platformer
Sonic Frontiers 2022	Est. copies ≈ 704k–1.1M 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.8M after Steam's cut $14.1M–$32.0M before the cut	$39.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackOpen World
Blue Fire 2021	Est. copies ≈ 77k–125k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $423k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $768k–$1.7M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
Grimhook 2023	Est. copies ≈ 104k–168k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionAdventure
Phantom Abyss 2024	Est. copies ≈ 56k–90k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $305k–$820k after Steam's cut $555k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Lorn's Lure 2024	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $290k–$779k after Steam's cut $527k–$1.2M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ParkourDark