How much revenue did Area 86 make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Area 86 sell?

Q: How many copies did Area 86 sell?

992 to 2k copies, based on its 40 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 992–2k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut; from 40 reviews (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 Area 86 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Area 86's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 480–10k

best case 38k (Adventure Escape Mysteries)

Games like Area 86

The middle of these games

≈ 480–10k copies

≈ $966–$15k after Steam's cut

from ~84 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Adventure Escape Mysteries at ≈ 29k–47k copies.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 193 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Escape Room (8 of 8) and Puzzle (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Escape Room + Point & Click.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 36 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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