How much revenue did Strange Ocean make?

$204–$551 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Strange Ocean sell?

Q: How many copies did Strange Ocean sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $204–$551 after Steam's cut $371–$847 before the cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Thin evidence: 5 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.

Does this actually work?

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 114–1k

best case 4k (International Space Banana)

Games like Strange Ocean

The middle of these games

≈ 114–1k copies

≈ $228–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~14 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: International Space Banana at ≈ 3k–5k copies, ≈ $824–$2k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 6 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 49.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Physics (5 of 8) and Precision Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space Sim + Intentionally Awkward Controls, priced around $1.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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