How much revenue did Space Sprouts make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Space Sprouts sell?

Q: How many copies did Space Sprouts sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 70 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut; from 70 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 Space Sprouts out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Sprouts's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 246k–516k

best case 1.1M (Superliminal)

Games like Space Sprouts

The middle of these games

≈ 246k–516k copies

≈ $1.5M–$4.2M after Steam's cut

from ~11k 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: Superliminal at ≈ 843k–1.4M copies, ≈ $4.6M–$12.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 821 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (6 of 8) and First-Person (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + First-Person, priced around $20.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 38 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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Superliminal 2020	Est. copies ≈ 843k–1.4M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.4M–$19.2M before the cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
The Entropy Centre 2022	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $606k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
Supraland 2019	Est. copies ≈ 440k–714k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerExploration
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
Amnesia: Rebirth 2020	Est. copies ≈ 231k–376k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before the cut	$29.99	9k reviews Mostly Positive	Action-AdventureFirst-Person
Viewfinder 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322k–523k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before the cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Zup! X 2018	Est. copies ≈ 208k–337k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $114k–$306k after Steam's cut $207k–$470k before the cut	$1.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Hidden Deep 2022	Est. copies ≈ 126k–204k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $865k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$24.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessShooter