How much revenue did Rhythm Fighter make?

$47k–$125k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rhythm Fighter sell?

Q: How many copies did Rhythm Fighter sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 456 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $47k–$125k after Steam's cut $85k–$193k before Steam's cut; from 456 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 Rhythm Fighter and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Rhythm Fighter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.7M–15.4M

best case 47.6M (Geometry Dash)

Games like Rhythm Fighter

A typical game among these

≈ 2.7M–15.4M copies

≈ $6.8M–$39.4M after Steam's cut

from ~103k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Geometry Dash at ≈ 36.2M–58.9M copies, ≈ $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Music (4 of 4) and Rhythm (4 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2020, 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 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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A Dance of Fire and Ice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	84k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Geometry Dash 2014	Est. copies ≈ 36.2M–58.9M 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut $90.4M–$205.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	647k reviews Very Positive	DifficultMusic
Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before Steam's cut	$2.99	122k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
DJMAX RESPECT V 2020	Est. copies ≈ 867k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	35k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic