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How many copies did FLOAT sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 198–322
$108–$292 after Steam's cut $197–$449 before the cut
from 8 reviews (8 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 8 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 19k–76k
best case 134k (Heretic's Fork)
Games like FLOAT

The middle of these games

≈ 19k–76k copies

≈ $142k–$398k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Heretic's Fork at ≈ 102k–166k copies, ≈ $280k–$753k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 451 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 15 to 1k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Deckbuilding (6 of 8) and Tower Defense (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Deckbuilding + Tower Defense, priced around $10.
The era
The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 3 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 36 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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Heretic's Fork
2023
Est. copies
≈ 102k–166k
3.1x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$280k–$753k after Steam's cut $509k–$1.2M before the cut
$9.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
Border Pioneer
2025
Est. copies
≈ 47k–77k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$194k–$522k after Steam's cut $353k–$803k before the cut
$14.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
Tower DefenseStrategy
Mineral Defense
2024
Est. copies
≈ 6k–10k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$107k before the cut
$14.99
252 reviews
Very Positive
StrategyRogue-lite
Deck of Haunts
2025
Est. copies
≈ 35k–57k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$192k–$516k after Steam's cut $349k–$794k before the cut
$19.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
ORX
2022
Est. copies
≈ 17k–27k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$93k–$250k after Steam's cut $169k–$384k before the cut
$19.99
681 reviews
Mixed
Overdungeon
2019
Est. copies
≈ 89k–145k
2.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$369k–$992k after Steam's cut $671k–$1.5M before the cut
$14.99
3k reviews
Mostly Positive
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3 Minute Heroes
2021
Est. copies
≈ 6k–9k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$30k–$81k after Steam's cut $55k–$125k before the cut
$19.99
222 reviews
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Tower Tactics: Liberation
2023
Est. copies
≈ 31k–50k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$111k–$298k after Steam's cut $202k–$459k before the cut
$12.99
1k reviews
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