How much revenue did Breaking Good make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Breaking Good sell?

Q: How many copies did Breaking Good sell?

6k to 9k copies, based on its 162 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–9k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut; from 162 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 Breaking Good out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Breaking Good's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 590k–1.5M

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Breaking Good

The middle of these games

≈ 590k–1.5M copies

≈ $4.0M–$19.7M 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.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.1M–11.6M copies, ≈ $78.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4 to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and Sandbox (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 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
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.6M 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $78.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut $142.9M–$325.1M before the cut	$39.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Moving Letters 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $311–$835 after Steam's cut $565–$1k before the cut	$0.99	46 reviews Mixed	LogicWord Game
while True: learn() 2019	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingSimulation
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.9M–$34.7M after Steam's cut $23.5M–$53.4M before the cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
SpaceEngine 2019	Est. copies ≈ 472k–767k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.1M before the cut	$29.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessOpen World
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends 2021	Est. copies ≈ 693k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	28k reviews Very Positive	ClickerFree to Play
Eco 2018	Est. copies ≈ 427k–694k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.5M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.6M before the cut	$29.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSimulation
Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY 2024	Est. copies ≈ 628k–1.0M 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