How much revenue did RANK RUNNER make?

$125–$337 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did RANK RUNNER sell?

Q: How many copies did RANK RUNNER sell?

461 to 749 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 461–749; $125–$337 after Steam's cut $228–$519 before Steam's cut; from 16 reviews (Mostly 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 RANK RUNNER and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including RANK RUNNER's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–17k

best case 19k (Madrun)

Games like RANK RUNNER

A typical game among these

≈ 10k–17k copies

≈ $12k–$56k after Steam's cut

from ~300 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Runner (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Madrun at ≈ 14k–23k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 57 reviews in their first month; the range was 24 to 258.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Runner (4 of 8) and Shoot 'Em Up (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + 2D Platformer.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 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).

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I Hate Running Backwards 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $31k–$83k after Steam's cut $56k–$127k before Steam's cut	$14.99	245 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeAction
Madrun 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	573 reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRacing
Run or Die 2014	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$0.99	180 reviews Very Positive	CasualRunner
Otherwar 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$5.99	123 reviews Mixed	Tower DefenseStrategy
Atomik: RunGunJumpGun 2016	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before Steam's cut	$7.99	325 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
BEHEMOTH 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut	$3.99	430 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerCasual
Double Kick Heroes 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $37k–$101k after Steam's cut $68k–$155k before Steam's cut	$19.99	275 reviews Very Positive	RhythmZombies
The Final Exam 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	532 reviews Mixed	ActionStrategy