How much revenue did Soundsaber make?

$170–$459 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Soundsaber sell?

Q: How many copies did Soundsaber 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; $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 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 Soundsaber out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Soundsaber's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 74k–521k

best case 1.7M (Crypt of the NecroDancer)

Games like Soundsaber

The middle of these games

≈ 74k–521k copies

≈ $387k–$2.6M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Crypt of the NecroDancer at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rhythm (8 of 8) and Music-Based Procedural Generation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Female Protagonist, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 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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Melody's Escape 2016	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $998k–$2.3M before the cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Music-Based Procedural GenerationRhythm
Audiosurf 2 2015	Est. copies ≈ 295k–480k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before the cut	$4.99	404 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
AudioSurf 2008	Est. copies ≈ 701k–1.1M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before the cut	$9.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MusicRhythm
Crypt of the NecroDancer 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 7.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.0M before the cut	$14.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmFemale Protagonist
Soundfall 2022	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $236k–$636k after Steam's cut $430k–$978k before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	RhythmMultiplayer
Symphony 2012	Est. copies ≈ 94k–153k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $129k–$348k after Steam's cut $235k–$535k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	MusicIndie
Beat Hazard 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 65k–106k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $340k–$914k after Steam's cut $618k–$1.4M before the cut	$18.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic-Based Procedural Generation