Commander Keen

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Commander Keen

Short description

Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons: Episode 1: Marooned on Mars (Dec. 14th 1990) Episode 2: The Earth Explodes (1991) Episode 3: Keen Must Die! (1991) Commander Keen's very first adventure, and the debut of id's groundbreaking side-scrolling technology.

Developer
id Software
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Release
Fri, Aug 03, 2007
Price
$4.99
$1.99
60%
Reviews
1,457
Positive
94%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
100K – 200K
Concurrent players
4
Genres
Action
Tags
Platformer Classic 1990's 2D Action Retro Old School Singleplayer Sci-fi Family Friendly Side Scroller Adventure Nostalgia Pixel Graphics
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$454ksomewhere between $454k and $529k · roughly 100K–117K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $4.54, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $4.99 launch price. That is 9% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

2 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$454k → ~$454k
Reviews 1,457 → 1,457
Positive reviews 93.6% → 93.6%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 316 further data points reach back to Nov 1, 2010 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.90 on Jun 10, 2019.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Commander Keen is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Platformer + Classic + 1990's

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$2.7m – $4m

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