How much revenue did Metal Gunner make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Metal Gunner sell?

Q: How many copies did Metal Gunner sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 21 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 Metal Gunner and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Metal Gunner's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–116k

best case 156k (Pistol Whip)

Games like Metal Gunner

A typical game among these

≈ 28k–116k copies

≈ $354k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Pistol Whip at ≈ 119k–193k copies, ≈ $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 755 reviews in their first month; the range was 55 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (8 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Rhythm, priced around $30.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 43 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
Pistol Whip 2019	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Vox Machinae 2022	Est. copies ≈ 32k–53k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $267k–$717k after Steam's cut $485k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	VRMechs
ZomDay 2020	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $57k–$152k after Steam's cut $103k–$234k before Steam's cut	$9.99	832 reviews Very Positive	ZombiesVR
Blaston 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	577 reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerStrategy
Gun Club VR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $117k–$315k after Steam's cut $213k–$485k before Steam's cut	$19.99	702 reviews Mostly Positive	ShooterGun Customization
Raw Data 2017	Est. copies ≈ 86k–139k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $941k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	VRAction
Space Pirate Trainer 2017	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $404k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $735k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields 2020	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $277k–$744k after Steam's cut $503k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	VRShooter