How much revenue did Lifeforms: Binary Fission make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lifeforms: Binary Fission sell?

Q: How many copies did Lifeforms: Binary Fission sell?

818 to 1k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 818–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut; from 33 reviews (Mixed)

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 Lifeforms: Binary Fission out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lifeforms: Binary Fission's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 222k–469k

best case 949k (Moonlighter)

Games like Lifeforms: Binary Fission

The middle of these games

≈ 222k–469k copies

≈ $1.5M–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Moonlighter at ≈ 723k–1.2M copies, ≈ $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

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 409 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hack and Slash + Dungeon Crawler, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Hack and Slash + Management + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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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Moonlighter 2018	Est. copies ≈ 723k–1.2M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.4M before the cut	$19.99	24k reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashPixel Graphics
OTXO 2023	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $404k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $735k–$1.7M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTop-Down Shooter
Pixel Piracy 2014	Est. copies ≈ 412k–669k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeSandbox
SULFUR 2024	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before the cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Atomicrops 2020	Est. copies ≈ 157k–255k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $646k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
We Who Are About To Die 2022	Est. copies ≈ 207k–336k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before the cut	$21.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessIndie
Necrosmith 2022	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $109k–$293k after Steam's cut $198k–$451k before the cut	$2.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction Roguelike
EVERSPACE™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 394k–641k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before the cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceAction Roguelike