How much revenue did NERVE make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did NERVE sell?

Q: How many copies did NERVE sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 51 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut; from 51 reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid NERVE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including NERVE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 30k–79k

best case 466k (Haste)

Games like NERVE

A typical game among these

≈ 30k–79k copies

≈ $34k–$107k after Steam's cut

from ~906 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Haste at ≈ 355k–577k copies, ≈ $2.0M–$5.2M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 256 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (7 of 8) and Runner (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fast-Paced + Female Protagonist, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Female Protagonist + 3D Platformer + Rogue-lite; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 1 of the 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Haste 2025	Est. copies ≈ 355k–577k 16x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Fast-PacedAction
Boson X 2014	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $122k–$327k after Steam's cut $221k–$503k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	DifficultAction
Neodash 2022	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $57k–$152k after Steam's cut $103k–$234k before Steam's cut	$15.99	519 reviews Very Positive	RacingAction
Vecter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayRacing
oO 2015	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $23k–$53k before Steam's cut	$0.99	972 reviews Very Positive	DifficultArcade
Ding Dong XL 2018	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$0.99	906 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RunnerDifficult
Velocibox 2014	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$242k before Steam's cut	$5.99	634 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Tribal Pass 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $35k–$94k after Steam's cut $64k–$145k before Steam's cut	$6.99	437 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureIndie