How much revenue did CalmLine make?

CalmLine is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did CalmLine sell?

Q: How many copies did CalmLine sell?

273 to 443 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 273–443; from 11 reviews (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 CalmLine out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including CalmLine's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 461k–1.6M

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like CalmLine

The middle of these games

≈ 461k–1.6M copies

≈ $2.9M–$11.8M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 749 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (7 of 8) and Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 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
Deepest Sword 2021	Est. copies ≈ 270k–440k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Very Positive	Pixel Graphics2D Platformer
Braid 2009	Est. copies ≈ 629k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
DDNet 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	46k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpFree to Play
Neva 2024	Est. copies ≈ 262k–426k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePlatformer
Trine 2: Complete Story 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.7M before the cut	$19.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
Hue 2016	Est. copies ≈ 472k–767k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before the cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle
Webbed 2021	Est. copies ≈ 378k–615k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before the cut	$9.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2D PlatformerCute
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 11x 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