How much revenue did Slice of Sea make?

$106k–$285k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Slice of Sea sell?

Q: How many copies did Slice of Sea sell?

15k to 25k copies, based on its 623 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–25k; $106k–$285k after Steam's cut $193k–$439k before the cut; from 623 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 Slice of Sea out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Slice of Sea's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 281k–321k

best case 934k (Gorogoa)

Games like Slice of Sea

The middle of these games

≈ 281k–321k copies

≈ $1.4M–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Gorogoa at ≈ 712k–1.2M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.9M 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 852 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 321 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (6 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Casual + Cozy + Wholesome; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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 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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