How much revenue did The Running Man make?

$641–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Running Man sell?

Q: How many copies did The Running Man sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 95 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $641–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 95 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 The Running Man and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Running Man's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 35k–134k

best case 360k (Sonic Lost World)

Games like The Running Man

A typical game among these

≈ 35k–134k copies

≈ $224k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sonic Lost World at ≈ 274k–446k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 361 reviews in their first month; the range was 126 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (5 of 8) and Parkour (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + 3D Platformer, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 2 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 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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N++ (NPLUSPLUS) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 149k–241k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $613k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer2D Platformer
The Rogue Prince of Persia 2025	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $596k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessRogue-lite
I wanna be the Creator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $143k–$384k after Steam's cut $260k–$591k before Steam's cut	$5.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionLevel Editor
Sonic Lost World 2015	Est. copies ≈ 274k–446k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Mixed	AdventurePlatformer
GuGu Pizza : Delivering Pizza to the Space Station? Boss, this is just not right! 2025	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$120k before Steam's cut	$6.99	610 reviews Very Positive	IndiePlatformer
Little Triangle 2017	Est. copies ≈ 21k–33k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $56k–$151k after Steam's cut $102k–$233k before Steam's cut	$9.99	596 reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerExploration
Super Fancy Pants Adventure 2017	Est. copies ≈ 78k–126k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $214k–$574k after Steam's cut $388k–$883k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
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