How much revenue did Psychonauts make?

An estimated 2.7M to 7.3M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Psychonauts sell?

Q: How many copies did Psychonauts sell?

An estimated 991k to 1.6M copies, based on its 19k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 991k–1.6M; $2.7M–$7.3M net $5.0M–$11.3M gross; from 19k 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 Psychonauts out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Psychonauts's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.6M–7.1M

best case 31.6M (Portal 2)

The Platformer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 3.7M copies.

A typical game

≈ 3.7M copies

≈ $24.6M after Steam's cut

from ~72k reviews

Best case

≈ 31.6M copies

Portal 2 · ≈ $121.9M after Steam's cut

from 463k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2007 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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