How much revenue did Lab Rat make?

$53k–$143k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lab Rat sell?

Q: How many copies did Lab Rat sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 389 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $53k–$143k after Steam's cut $96k–$219k before Steam's cut; from 389 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 Lab Rat and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lab Rat's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 67k–116k

best case 1.5M (Hello Neighbor)

Games like Lab Rat

A typical game among these

≈ 67k–116k copies

≈ $212k–$290k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

Best case: Hello Neighbor at ≈ 1.1M–1.9M copies, ≈ $9.4M–$25.4M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 365 reviews in their first month; the range was 171 to 930.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (5 of 8) and Comedy (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Sandbox, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Stealth + Action-Adventure + Survival Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 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 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
Hello Neighbor 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.4M–$25.4M after Steam's cut $17.2M–$39.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	HorrorSandbox
The Baby In Yellow 2023	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $155k–$417k after Steam's cut $282k–$641k before Steam's cut	$8.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessStory Rich
Kill It With Fire: HEATWAVE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 53k–87k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	SandboxSimulation
RATSHAKER™ 2024	Est. copies ≈ 95k–155k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $78k–$211k after Steam's cut $142k–$324k before Steam's cut	$2.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Psychological Horror Horror
Gravitas 2019	Est. copies ≈ 206k–334k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayPuzzle
Toilet Chronicles 2022	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $115k–$310k after Steam's cut $209k–$476k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	First-PersonAdventure
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 2015	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $407k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $741k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	FantasyAdventure
The Journey Down: Chapter One 2013	Est. copies ≈ 82k–133k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $157k–$423k after Steam's cut $286k–$650k before Steam's cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click