How much revenue did Archaeogem make?

$19k–$51k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Archaeogem sell?

Q: How many copies did Archaeogem sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 276 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before the cut; from 276 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 Archaeogem out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Archaeogem's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 71k–231k

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like Archaeogem

The middle of these games

≈ 71k–231k copies

≈ $157k–$1.7M 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: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M 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 352 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 176 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Precision Platformer (8 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Female Protagonist + Difficult + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 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
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 46x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut $44.5M–$101.2M before the cut	$19.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
BETON BRUTAL 2023	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $62k–$166k after Steam's cut $112k–$255k before the cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerPrecision Platformer
VVVVVV 2010	Est. copies ≈ 666k–1.1M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $914k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut	$4.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsPrecision Platformer
Leap Year 2024	Est. copies ≈ 79k–129k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $109k–$293k after Steam's cut $198k–$450k before the cut	$4.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationPrecision Platformer
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 175k–284k 2.2x vs typical 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
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
Toree 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before the cut	$0.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action3D Platformer
Hot Lava 2019	Est. copies ≈ 177k–288k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $975k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer3D Platformer