How much revenue did Kuggs make?

$142–$381 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kuggs sell?

Q: How many copies did Kuggs 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; $142–$381 after Steam's cut $258–$586 before the cut; from 21 reviews (Mixed)

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 Kuggs out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Kuggs's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 149k–325k

best case 229k (Prince of Persia The Lost Crown)

Games like Kuggs

The middle of these games

≈ 149k–325k copies

≈ $1.3M–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Prince of Persia The Lost Crown at ≈ 175k–284k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Metroidvania (3 of 3) and Action-Adventure (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Exploration, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of your 3 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 70 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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You Have to Win the Game 2014	Est. copies ≈ 321k–521k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaFree to Play
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 175k–284k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
Aeterna Noctis 2021	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $438k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $796k–$1.8M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaDifficult