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How many copies did Soul's Spectrum sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 1k–2k
$3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut
from 50 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Soul's Spectrum out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Soul's Spectrum's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 981k–3.4M
best case 5.8M (Stray)
Games like Soul's Spectrum

The middle of these games

≈ 981k–3.4M copies

≈ $9.5M–$29.4M after Steam's cut

from ~25k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Stray at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $36.3M–$97.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 6k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 69k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Exploration (8 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Cats + Cyberpunk, priced around $30.
The era
The games you compared span 2009 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).

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Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.8M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before the cut
$19.99
18k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzleFirst-Person
Mirror's Edge™
2009
Est. copies
≈ 2.5M–4.0M
1.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$13.7M–$36.7M after Steam's cut $24.8M–$56.5M before the cut
$19.99
39k reviews
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Est. copies
≈ 887k–1.4M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$9.8M–$26.2M after Steam's cut $17.7M–$40.3M before the cut
$39.99
21k reviews
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PuzzleExploration
Outer Wilds
2020
Est. copies
≈ 2.6M–4.3M
4.4x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$18.2M–$48.9M after Steam's cut $33.1M–$75.3M before the cut
$24.99
107k reviews
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Murders on the Yangtze River
2024
Est. copies
≈ 525k–853k
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$2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.9M before the cut
$14.99
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Est. copies
≈ 446–725
too small to compare
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18 reviews
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2024
Est. copies
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$4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.3M before the cut
$24.99
25k reviews
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2022
Est. copies
≈ 4.4M–7.2M
7.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
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$36.3M–$97.6M after Steam's cut $66.0M–$150.1M before the cut
$29.99
177k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
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