How much revenue did FEZ make?

$2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FEZ sell?

Q: How many copies did FEZ sell?

1.0M to 1.7M copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.0M–1.7M; $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before the cut; from 16k 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 FEZ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FEZ's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.9M–5.2M

best case 4.8M (Ori and the Will of the Wisps)

Games like FEZ

The middle of these games

≈ 3.9M–5.2M copies

≈ $27.5M–$40.3M after Steam's cut

from ~74k 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: Ori and the Will of the Wisps at ≈ 3.6M–5.9M copies, ≈ $29.9M–$80.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (6 of 8) and Dark (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Beautiful + Metroidvania, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2020, and none of them 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).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.3M–$43.9M after Steam's cut $29.7M–$67.6M before the cut	$19.99	71k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AtmosphericGreat Soundtrack
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.0M–$59.2M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.1M before the cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Ori and the Blind Forest 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	60k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackAtmospheric
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M 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
GRIS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before the cut	$14.99	96k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulAtmospheric
LIMBO 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.4M–$36.1M after Steam's cut $24.4M–$55.6M before the cut	$12.49	62k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerIndie
BattleBlock Theater® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.2M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before the cut	$14.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-op Platformer
Ori and the Will of the Wisps 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.9M–$80.3M after Steam's cut $54.3M–$123.5M before the cut	$29.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulMetroidvania