How much revenue did Waveform make?

An estimated 61k to 164k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Waveform sell?

Q: How many copies did Waveform sell?

An estimated 111k to 181k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 111k–181k; $61k–$164k net $111k–$252k gross; 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 Waveform out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Waveform's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.3M–5.3M

best case 10.5M (Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition)

The Great Soundtrack lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 4.8M copies.

A typical game

≈ 4.8M copies

≈ $22.0M after Steam's cut

from ~110k reviews

Best case

≈ 10.5M copies

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · ≈ $20.2M after Steam's cut

from 154k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Zombies, priced around $5.
The games you compared span 2009 to 2020, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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