How much revenue did On Rusty Trails make?

$46k–$123k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did On Rusty Trails sell?

Q: How many copies did On Rusty Trails sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 266 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$189k before the cut; from 266 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 On Rusty Trails out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including On Rusty Trails's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–16k

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like On Rusty Trails

The middle of these games

≈ 14k–16k copies

≈ $58k–$110k after Steam's cut

from ~442 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M 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 277 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 237 to 399.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (8 of 8) and Precision Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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).

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SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $954k–$2.2M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerParkour
Lumione 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $39k–$104k after Steam's cut $70k–$160k before the cut	$11.99	473 reviews Mostly Positive	Platformer Precision Platformer
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 331x 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
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