How much revenue did Timespinner make?

$531k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Timespinner sell?

Q: How many copies did Timespinner sell?

97k to 157k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 97k–157k; $531k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $966k–$2.2M before the cut; from 3k reviews (Very 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 Timespinner out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Timespinner's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 171k–215k

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like Timespinner

The middle of these games

≈ 171k–215k copies

≈ $1.3M–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 283 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 21 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (6 of 8) and Metroidvania (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Difficult + Great Soundtrack + Precision Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, and 2 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 61 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 29x vs typical 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
3dSen PC 2025	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $104k–$236k before the cut	$14.99	557 reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAdventure
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 175k–284k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
Indivisible 2019	Est. copies ≈ 107k–175k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $591k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGIndie
TOMOMI 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $27k–$62k before the cut	$7.99	277 reviews Very Positive	ActionMetroidvania
Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $45k–$121k after Steam's cut $82k–$186k before the cut	$14.99	223 reviews Mixed	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Romancelvania 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $54k–$146k after Steam's cut $99k–$225k before the cut	$24.99	319 reviews Mostly Positive	VampirePlatformer
Iconoclasts 2018	Est. copies ≈ 153k–248k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $839k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	IndiePixel Graphics