How much revenue did LadderClimbing make?

$123–$330 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did LadderClimbing sell?

Q: How many copies did LadderClimbing sell?

149 to 242 copies, based on its 6 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149–242; $123–$330 after Steam's cut $223–$507 before the cut; from 6 reviews (6 user reviews); Thin evidence: 6 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 LadderClimbing out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including LadderClimbing's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 442k–572k

best case 38.6M (Portal 2)

Games like LadderClimbing

The middle of these games

≈ 442k–572k copies

≈ $371k–$2.8M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.4M–47.8M copies, ≈ $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (6 of 8) and Puzzle-Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry First-Person + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2022, and none of them 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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Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.4M–47.8M 49x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut $147.0M–$334.4M before the cut	$9.99	466k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Defy Gravity Extended 2016	Est. copies ≈ 355k–577k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $194k–$522k after Steam's cut $353k–$803k before the cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.0M–$59.2M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.1M before the cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Zup! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$546k after Steam's cut $369k–$840k before the cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Portal 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.5M–20.4M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.5M–$92.6M after Steam's cut $62.6M–$142.5M before the cut	$9.99	198k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Biped 2020	Est. copies ≈ 284k–461k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before the cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Character CustomizationEmotional
Teardown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.7M–$74.5M after Steam's cut $50.4M–$114.7M before the cut	$29.99	136k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DestructionPhysics
Braid 2009	Est. copies ≈ 629k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle