How much revenue did Killer Ricky make?

$551–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Killer Ricky sell?

Q: How many copies did Killer Ricky sell?

670 to 1k copies, based on its 27 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 670–1k; $551–$1k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut; from 27 reviews (Mixed)

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 Killer Ricky and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Killer Ricky's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 332k–700k

best case 1.9M (Hatred)

Games like Killer Ricky

A typical game among these

≈ 332k–700k copies

≈ $2.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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: Hatred at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (7 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Gore + Violent, priced around $6.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, 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 61 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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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
12 is Better Than 6 2015	Est. copies ≈ 504k–820k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ActionShooter
Police Stories 2019	Est. copies ≈ 281k–456k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ActionStrategy
Hatred 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before Steam's cut	$5.99	30k reviews Very Positive	GoreViolent
The Ascent 2021	Est. copies ≈ 619k–1.0M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.7M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	25k reviews Mostly Positive	Top-Down ShooterCyberpunk
RED HOT VENGEANCE 2019	Est. copies ≈ 104k–168k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayViolent
SAS: Zombie Assault 4 2017	Est. copies ≈ 334k–543k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayZombies
The Last Stand: Aftermath 2021	Est. copies ≈ 169k–275k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesSurvival