How much revenue did Fallback make?

$32k–$85k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fallback sell?

Q: How many copies did Fallback sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 400 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $32k–$85k after Steam's cut $58k–$131k before the cut; from 400 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 Fallback out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fallback's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 48k–291k

best case 713k (Spelunky 2)

Games like Fallback

The middle of these games

≈ 48k–291k copies

≈ $165k–$727k 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.

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Spelunky 2 at ≈ 543k–883k copies, ≈ $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 952 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 301 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (7 of 8) and Action Roguelike (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + 2D Platformer, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, 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 61 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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Downwell 2015	Est. copies ≈ 420k–683k 3.5x vs typical 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
30XX 2023	Est. copies ≈ 70k–113k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $383k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $696k–$1.6M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeSide Scroller
Spelunky 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 543k–883k 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.4M before the cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Platformer2D Platformer
Tallowmere 2015	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$189k before the cut	$3.99	855 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction Roguelike
Dunjungle 2025	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $76k–$206k after Steam's cut $139k–$316k before the cut	$14.99	748 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Bing in Wonderland 2023	Est. copies ≈ 54k–87k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $132k–$356k after Steam's cut $241k–$548k before the cut	$8.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Casual2D Platformer
Caveblazers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 156k–253k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $428k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $779k–$1.8M before the cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikePixel Graphics
Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite 2022	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $94k–$252k after Steam's cut $171k–$388k before the cut	$16.99	810 reviews Very Positive	PlatformerPixel Graphics