How much revenue did Ghostrunner make?

$13.7M–$36.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ghostrunner sell?

Q: How many copies did Ghostrunner sell?

1.7M to 2.7M copies, based on its 67k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.7M–2.7M; $13.7M–$36.8M after Steam's cut $24.9M–$56.6M before Steam's cut; from 67k 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 Ghostrunner and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ghostrunner's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 519k–915k

best case 8.0M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Ghostrunner

A typical game among these

≈ 519k–915k copies

≈ $5.1M–$5.9M after Steam's cut

from ~13k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Cyberpunk (3 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: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.1M–9.9M copies, ≈ $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cyberpunk (3 of 8) and First-Person (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Platformer, priced around $27. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Spectacle fighter + Character Action Game; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2023, and none of them 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 79 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
Blacklight: Retribution 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	16k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayFPS
Katana ZERO 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M 5.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.3M after Steam's cut $16.4M–$37.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsAction
SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.1M–$110.6M after Steam's cut $74.8M–$170.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackHack and Slash
ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.1M–9.9M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut $91.2M–$207.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	245k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
Furi 2016	Est. copies ≈ 585k–951k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Bullet HellHack and Slash
Ghostrunner 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 288k–468k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	12k reviews Mostly Positive	CyberpunkAction
RUINER 2017	Est. copies ≈ 431k–700k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkAction