How much revenue did A Dream For Aaron make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A Dream For Aaron sell?

Q: How many copies did A Dream For Aaron sell?

942 to 2k copies, based on its 31 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 942–2k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut; from 31 reviews (Mixed)

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 A Dream For Aaron out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Dream For Aaron's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 62k–102k

best case 372k (BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE)

Games like A Dream For Aaron

The middle of these games

≈ 62k–102k copies

≈ $463k–$642k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE at ≈ 283k–460k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 957 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 617 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (8 of 8) and Action Roguelike (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Shooter, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Shooter + Early Access + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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 43 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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BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 283k–460k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before the cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rhythm
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ROBOBEAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 46k–74k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $251k–$675k after Steam's cut $457k–$1.0M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRhythm
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