How much revenue did Gorogoa make?

$2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gorogoa sell?

Q: How many copies did Gorogoa sell?

712k to 1.2M copies, based on its 21k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 712k–1.2M; $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before the cut; from 21k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Gorogoa out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gorogoa's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–1.6M

best case 3.8M (GRIS)

Games like Gorogoa

The middle of these games

≈ 1.1M–1.6M copies

≈ $4.4M–$9.7M after Steam's cut

from ~25k 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.

Best case: GRIS at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 13k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 580 to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (7 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Beautiful + Female Protagonist, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 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 79 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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GRIS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before the cut	$14.99	96k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulAtmospheric
A Little to the Left 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471k–765k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before the cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
Dorfromantik 2022	Est. copies ≈ 733k–1.2M 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
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Machinarium 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.2M after Steam's cut $13.0M–$29.6M before the cut	$19.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Point & ClickPuzzle
Deponia 2012	Est. copies ≈ 916k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before the cut	$9.99	14k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Fran Bow 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.4M after Steam's cut $8.4M–$19.1M before the cut	$14.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Story Rich
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