How much revenue did Synthwave Dream '85 make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Synthwave Dream '85 sell?

Q: How many copies did Synthwave Dream '85 sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 73 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut; from 73 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 Synthwave Dream '85 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Synthwave Dream '85's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–7k

best case 506k (Retrowave)

Games like Synthwave Dream '85

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–7k copies

≈ $2k–$5k after Steam's cut

from ~70 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: Retrowave at ≈ 385k–626k copies, ≈ $317k–$852k 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 22 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7 to 7k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Racing (7 of 8) and Runner (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + 1980s, priced around $3. The breakout hits carry Music + Retro + 1980s; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 2 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 52 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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