How much revenue did Battletoads make?

$328k–$881k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Battletoads sell?

Q: How many copies did Battletoads sell?

60k to 97k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 60k–97k; $328k–$881k after Steam's cut $596k–$1.4M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Battletoads out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Battletoads's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 55.9M–125.3M

best case 124.1M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

Games like Battletoads

The middle of these games

≈ 55.9M–125.3M copies

≈ $246.6M–$474.2M after Steam's cut

from ~1.3M reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 94.5M–153.6M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (5 of 8) and Building (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2018, 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 38 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).

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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 101.4M–164.7M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.1M reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 79.8M–129.6M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.1M–$589.2M after Steam's cut $398.4M–$906.5M before the cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable
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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 94.5M–153.6M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.7M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
PAYDAY 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.6M–69.3M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $117.1M–$314.8M after Steam's cut $212.9M–$484.4M before the cut	$9.99	674k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.4M–68.9M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut $847.6M–$1928.4M before the cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.7M–43.5M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.3M–$296.4M after Steam's cut $200.5M–$456.1M before the cut	$14.99	778k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 98.2M–159.6M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $269.8M–$725.3M after Steam's cut $490.5M–$1115.8M before the cut	$9.99	1.6M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox