How much revenue did IAIDO make?

$707–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did IAIDO sell?

Q: How many copies did IAIDO sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $707–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Thin evidence: 8 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 452–586

best case 35k (Clone Drone in the Hyperdome)

Games like IAIDO

The middle of these games

≈ 452–586 copies

≈ $1k–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~15 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: Clone Drone in the Hyperdome at ≈ 27k–44k copies, ≈ $148k–$399k 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 15 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 393.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (8 of 8) and Swordplay (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Swordplay, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, 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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SLASH OF BULLET 2021	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$9.99	12 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieVR
Unpatterned Cut 2025	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$9.99	15 reviews Positive	FPS Rhythm
Arken Age 2025	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k 46x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $189k–$509k after Steam's cut $344k–$783k before the cut	$39.99	694 reviews Very Positive	VRAdventure
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