How much revenue did Golfing in Aether make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Golfing in Aether sell?

Q: How many copies did Golfing in Aether sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut; from 21 reviews (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 Golfing in Aether out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Golfing in Aether's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 37k–51k

best case 2.5M (Golf With Your Friends)

Games like Golfing in Aether

The middle of these games

≈ 37k–51k copies

≈ $132k–$196k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: Golf With Your Friends at ≈ 1.9M–3.0M copies, ≈ $7.7M–$20.7M 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 301 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 182 to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Golf (6 of 8) and Sports (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mini Golf + Sports, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Funny + Multiplayer + Casual; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 38 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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Golf With Your Friends 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 59x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.9M before the cut	$14.99	75k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerCasual
Walkabout Mini Golf VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 83k–135k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $572k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before the cut	$24.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SportsGolf
Golf It! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 770k–1.3M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before the cut	$8.99	31k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerMini Golf
Golf Gang 2022	Est. copies ≈ 35k–58k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $97k–$262k after Steam's cut $177k–$402k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Mini GolfMultiplayer
Golf Around! 2020	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $72k–$194k after Steam's cut $131k–$299k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Mini GolfGolf
Turbo Golf Racing 2024	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $71k–$191k after Steam's cut $129k–$294k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	RacingGolf
Golf Peaks 2018	Est. copies ≈ 35k–56k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $48k–$128k after Steam's cut $87k–$197k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameStrategy
Golf Club Nostalgia 2021	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $109k–$294k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-Platformer2D Platformer