How much revenue did Transistor make?

An estimated 8.9M to 24.0M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Transistor sell?

Q: How many copies did Transistor sell?

An estimated 1.6M to 2.6M copies, based on its 31k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.6M–2.6M; $8.9M–$24.0M net $16.2M–$36.9M gross; from 31k 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 Transistor out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Transistor's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.7M–9.2M

best case 53.6M (Stardew Valley)

The Female Protagonist lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 7.0M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 7.0M copies

≈ $49.1M after Steam's cut

from ~155k reviews

Best case

≈ 53.6M copies

Stardew Valley · ≈ $310.3M after Steam's cut

from 1.0M reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

5 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 3 are breakout hits far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $15.
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2019. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

Similar games

Game	Price	Reviews	Tags	Est. copies	Est. revenue
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.6M–33.4M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.1M–$304.1M net $205.6M–$467.8M gross	$19.99	677k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival +6
Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 40.8M–66.3M 6.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $168.2M–$452.3M net $305.9M–$695.9M gross	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics +6
Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30.4M–49.4M 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $41.7M–$112.1M net $75.8M–$172.5M gross	$4.99	1000k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities +6
Life is Strange - Episode 1 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	174k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichChoices Matter +6
Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M net $5.2M–$11.9M gross	$2.99	121k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm +6
Slime Rancher 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.3M–$78.8M net $53.3M–$121.2M gross	$19.99	155k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CuteExploration +6
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.0M–$64.5M net $43.6M–$99.2M gross	$19.99	143k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult +6
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $86.8M–$233.5M net $157.9M–$359.2M gross	$44.99	204k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG +6