How much revenue did Polda 3 make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Polda 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Polda 3 sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 127 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut; from 127 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 Polda 3 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Polda 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 337k–1.2M

best case 4.1M (INSIDE)

Games like Polda 3

The middle of these games

≈ 337k–1.2M copies

≈ $2.8M–$9.4M after Steam's cut

from ~22k 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: INSIDE at ≈ 3.1M–5.1M copies, ≈ $21.6M–$58.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 14k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (5 of 8) and Action Roguelike (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2.5D + Puzzle-Platformer, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 3 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 52 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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INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.6M–$58.2M after Steam's cut $39.4M–$89.5M before the cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer
Anomaly Agent 2024	Est. copies ≈ 248k–403k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $817k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before the cut	$11.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike2D Platformer
BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024	Est. copies ≈ 898k–1.5M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.4M before the cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction-Adventure
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Afterimage 2023	Est. copies ≈ 256k–415k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before the cut	$24.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaFemale Protagonist
SANABI 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.3M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$19.0M before the cut	$14.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsStory Rich
Neon Abyss 2020	Est. copies ≈ 586k–952k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.3M before the cut	$19.99	24k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-like Platformer
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