How much revenue did Aeon make?

$25k–$66k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Aeon sell?

Q: How many copies did Aeon sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 261 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $25k–$66k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before the cut; from 261 reviews (Mostly 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 Aeon out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Aeon's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–226k

best case 2.2M (SUPERHOT)

Games like Aeon

The middle of these games

≈ 22k–226k copies

≈ $141k–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~847 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SUPERHOT at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies, ≈ $11.6M–$31.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 128 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 37 to 512.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (7 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Bullet Time, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 48x 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
Pistol Whip 2019	Est. copies ≈ 118k–192k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $977k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Hellsweeper VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $85k–$227k after Steam's cut $154k–$350k before the cut	$19.99	620 reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashAction Roguelike
Bullet Sorrow VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$215k before the cut	$19.99	275 reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Fast and Low 2023	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $110k–$295k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before the cut	$19.99	804 reviews Very Positive	VROnline Co-Op
Espire 1: VR Operative 2019	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $92k–$248k after Steam's cut $168k–$381k before the cut	$19.99	582 reviews Mixed	3D PlatformerVR
SUPERHOT VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 332k–540k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	VRShooter
NightClub Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $42k–$114k after Steam's cut $77k–$175k before the cut	$6.99	890 reviews Very Positive	VRAction