How much revenue did Indie Game: The Movie make?

$329k–$884k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Indie Game: The Movie sell?

Q: How many copies did Indie Game: The Movie sell?

120k to 195k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 120k–195k; $329k–$884k after Steam's cut $598k–$1.4M before the cut; 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 Indie Game: The Movie out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Indie Game: The Movie's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–11k

best case 70k (Portal 2 - The Final Hours)

Games like Indie Game: The Movie

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–11k copies

≈ $44k–$75k after Steam's cut

from ~209 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Portal 2 - The Final Hours at ≈ 53k–87k copies, ≈ $29k–$79k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 42 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 10 to 92.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Movie (5 of 8) and 6DOF (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Documentary + Game Development, priced around $2.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 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 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
Portal 2 - The Final Hours 2011	Est. copies ≈ 53k–87k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before the cut	$1.99	846 reviews Mostly Positive	DocumentaryGame Development
The Great C 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	234 reviews Very Positive	VRMovie
My First Date RPG (Presented by: ProjectSummerIce.com) 2024	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81–$218 after Steam's cut $148–$335 before the cut	$0.99	12 reviews Mixed	FaithFeature Film
The Book of Distance 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	188 reviews Very Positive	Interactive FictionVR
Deeply Dark: Found Footage 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	209 reviews Mixed	Interactive FictionMovie
The Making of Karateka 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$76k before the cut	$19.99	135 reviews Very Positive	Action2D Fighter
Construct VR - The Volumetric Movie 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	105 reviews Mostly Positive	VRShort
AWAY: The Survival Series 2021	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $52k–$139k after Steam's cut $94k–$214k before the cut	$19.99	379 reviews Mixed	IndieExploration