How much revenue did Shattered Spines make?

$7–$18 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shattered Spines sell?

Q: How many copies did Shattered Spines sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $7–$18 after Steam's cut $12–$28 before the cut; from 1 reviews (1 user reviews); Thin evidence: 1 review. 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 Shattered Spines out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shattered Spines's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 122–1k

best case 4k (Sloppy Goat)

Games like Shattered Spines

The middle of these games

≈ 122–1k copies

≈ $256–$5k after Steam's cut

from ~12 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: Sloppy Goat at ≈ 3k–5k copies, ≈ $22k–$60k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 38 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (7 of 8) and Arcade (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Side Scroller + Precision Platformer, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2025, and 3 of your 8 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 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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Sloppy Goat 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $40k–$92k before the cut	$24.99	106 reviews Mostly Positive	Side ScrollerPrecision Platformer
PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark 2025	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $204–$550 after Steam's cut $370–$846 before the cut	$9.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Side ScrollerExploration
Murtop 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 7.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$4.99	89 reviews Very Positive	ActionArcade
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CalmLine 2023	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	11 reviews Positive	Singleplayer2D Platformer
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