How much revenue did E.Z make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did E.Z sell?

Q: How many copies did E.Z sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 246 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before the cut; from 246 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 E.Z out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including E.Z's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 355k–779k

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like E.Z

The middle of these games

≈ 355k–779k copies

≈ $1.2M–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 749 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (8 of 8) and Precision Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + 2D Platformer, priced around $17.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2023, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut $44.5M–$101.2M before the cut	$19.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
Downwell 2015	Est. copies ≈ 420k–683k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $346k–$929k after Steam's cut $628k–$1.4M before the cut	$2.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerAction Roguelike
DDNet 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	46k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpFree to Play
Super Meat Boy 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.4M after Steam's cut $18.5M–$42.1M before the cut	$14.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Platformer
I Wanna Maker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 127k–206k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerLevel Editor
Deepest Sword 2021	Est. copies ≈ 270k–440k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Very Positive	Pixel Graphics2D Platformer
VVVVVV 2010	Est. copies ≈ 666k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $914k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut	$4.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsPrecision Platformer
Thomas Was Alone 2012	Est. copies ≈ 593k–964k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before the cut	$9.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerNarration