How much revenue did Metal: Hellsinger make?

$3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Metal: Hellsinger sell?

Q: How many copies did Metal: Hellsinger sell?

423k to 688k copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 423k–688k; $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.3M–$14.4M before Steam's cut; from 17k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Metal: Hellsinger and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Metal: Hellsinger's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–9k

best case 16k (Desert Of The Dead)

Games like Metal: Hellsinger

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–9k copies

≈ $29k–$54k after Steam's cut

from ~183 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Desert Of The Dead at ≈ 12k–20k copies, ≈ $17k–$46k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 58 reviews in their first month; the range was 27 to 303.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rhythm (6 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shooter + Bullet Hell, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 3 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 52 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
Desert Of The Dead 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before Steam's cut	$4.99	432 reviews Mixed	ShooterAction
3dSen VR 2025	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $36k–$96k after Steam's cut $65k–$147k before Steam's cut	$24.99	209 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction
Metal: Hellsinger VR 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before Steam's cut	$29.99	132 reviews Mixed	FPS Rhythm
AGAINST 2025	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$178k before Steam's cut	$19.99	315 reviews Mostly Positive	ShooterAction
PolyClassic: Wild 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$104k before Steam's cut	$13.99	264 reviews Mostly Positive	Arena ShooterShoot 'Em Up
Song Beater: Quite My Tempo! 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before Steam's cut	$19.99	79 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual
GUN JAM 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before Steam's cut	$19.99	72 reviews Mixed	RhythmAction
Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut	$11.99	156 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction