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How many copies did Flat Heroes sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 24k–39k
$66k–$177k after Steam's cut $120k–$272k before the cut
from 576 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 Flat Heroes out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Flat Heroes's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–23.4M
best case 46.9M (Geometry Dash)
Games like Flat Heroes

The middle of these games

≈ 3k–23.4M copies

≈ $22.6M–$67.8M after Steam's cut

from ~182 reviews

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

1 of your 3 similar games is a hit.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Geometry Dash at ≈ 35.7M–58.0M copies, ≈ $49.0M–$131.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Precision Platformer (2 of 3) and 3D Platformer (1 of 3).
The winners
Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $5.
The era
The games you compared span 2014 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 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

Geometry Dash
2014
Est. copies
≈ 35.7M–58.0M
3503x 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
Sphere Arena
2021
Est. copies
≈ 99–161
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$245–$658 after Steam's cut $445–$1k before the cut
$8.99
4 reviews
4 user reviews
Early AccessPrecision Platformer
Catch Me If You Can
2022
Est. copies
≈ 5k–7k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
182 reviews
Very Positive
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