How much revenue did The Polynomial - Space of the music make?

$61k–$163k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Polynomial - Space of the music sell?

Q: How many copies did The Polynomial - Space of the music sell?

32k to 51k copies, based on its 500 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 32k–51k; $61k–$163k after Steam's cut $110k–$251k before the cut; from 500 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 The Polynomial - Space of the music out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Polynomial - Space of the music's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–1.6M

best case 4.6M (Muse Dash)

Games like The Polynomial - Space of the music

The middle of these games

≈ 8k–1.6M copies

≈ $50k–$5.8M after Steam's cut

from ~15k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Muse Dash at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 191 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 28 to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Music (8 of 8) and Rhythm (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Rhythm, priced around $3.
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).

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Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before the cut	$11.99	155 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Holodance 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before the cut	$19.99	215 reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Thumper 2016	Est. copies ≈ 183k–298k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	RhythmIndie
A Dance of Fire and Ice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.6M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.4M before the cut	$5.99	83k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Just Shapes & Beats 2018	Est. copies ≈ 790k–1.3M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.7M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$18.0M before the cut	$19.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmGreat Soundtrack
Klang 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before the cut	$14.99	62 reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 8.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before the cut	$2.99	122k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY 2024	Est. copies ≈ 628k–1.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before the cut	$9.99	25k reviews Very Positive	MusicEducation