How much revenue did Ancient Go make?

$5k–$13k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ancient Go sell?

Q: How many copies did Ancient Go sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 102 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before the cut; from 102 reviews (Mixed)

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 Ancient Go out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ancient Go's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 605k–752k

best case 2.2M (SUPERHOT)

Games like Ancient Go

The middle of these games

≈ 605k–752k copies

≈ $1.0M–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: SUPERHOT at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies, ≈ $11.6M–$31.3M 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 6k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 744 to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (6 of 8) and City Builder (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Bullet Time, priced around $14.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 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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SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.6M–$31.3M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.1M before the cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
shapez 2020	Est. copies ≈ 393k–638k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before the cut	$9.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Mini Motorways 2021	Est. copies ≈ 604k–981k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before the cut	$9.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategySimulation
Baba Is You 2019	Est. copies ≈ 705k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before the cut	$14.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleIndie
Dorfromantik 2022	Est. copies ≈ 733k–1.2M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before the cut	$13.99	30k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
ISLANDERS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 483k–785k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $663k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$4.99	17k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingCity Builder
Mini Metro 2015	Est. copies ≈ 816k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before the cut	$9.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyPuzzle
Zup! S 2018	Est. copies ≈ 492k–799k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $269k–$723k after Steam's cut $489k–$1.1M before the cut	$1.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual