How much revenue did Operation: Tango make?

$1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Operation: Tango sell?

Q: How many copies did Operation: Tango sell?

222k to 360k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 222k–360k; $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut; from 9k 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 Operation: Tango and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Operation: Tango's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 512k–1.1M

best case 8.8M (It Takes Two)

Games like Operation: Tango

A typical game among these

≈ 512k–1.1M copies

≈ $2.5M–$7.6M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: It Takes Two at ≈ 6.7M–10.9M copies, ≈ $73.7M–$198.3M 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 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (7 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Split Screen + Local Co-Op + Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2023, 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 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
It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut $134.1M–$305.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	270k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
Labyrinthine 2023	Est. copies ≈ 434k–706k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	18k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
We Were Here Together 2019	Est. copies ≈ 512k–831k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleOnline Co-Op
We Were Here Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471k–765k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$17.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomOnline Co-Op
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two 2019	Est. copies ≈ 346k–563k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $571k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$5.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
Strange Brigade 2018	Est. copies ≈ 345k–561k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.8M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut	$49.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	SpaceAction
We Were Here 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	33k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCo-op