How much revenue did Schein make?

$25k–$68k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Schein sell?

Q: How many copies did Schein sell?

18k to 30k copies, based on its 329 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–30k; $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before the cut; from 329 reviews (Mostly 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 Schein out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Schein's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.7M–26.4M

best case 46.9M (Geometry Dash)

Games like Schein

The middle of these games

≈ 3.7M–26.4M copies

≈ $26.8M–$67.7M after Steam's cut

from ~146k 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: Geometry Dash at ≈ 35.7M–58.0M copies, ≈ $49.0M–$131.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 106 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 12 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (6 of 8) and Precision Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2023, 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Geometry Dash 2014	Est. copies ≈ 35.7M–58.0M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.0M–$131.7M after Steam's cut $89.1M–$202.7M before the cut	$4.99	638k reviews Very Positive	DifficultMusic
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 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
Brain Break 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut	$4.99	181 reviews Mostly Positive	SokobanTurn-Based Tactics
Soulless: Ray Of Hope 2016	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before the cut	$4.99	331 reviews Mostly Positive	Side ScrollerSokoban
Mushroom Hunter 2021	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$4.99	30 reviews Positive	Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer
Night Lights 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$4.99	79 reviews Very Positive	SokobanPrecision Platformer
Toodee and Topdee 2021	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $119k–$319k after Steam's cut $216k–$491k before the cut	$19.99	871 reviews Very Positive	ControllerPuzzle
SANABI 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.3M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$19.0M before the cut	$14.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsStory Rich