How much revenue did Аlien cat 4 make?

$265–$713 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Аlien cat 4 sell?

Q: How many copies did Аlien cat 4 sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $265–$713 after Steam's cut $481–$1k before Steam's cut; from 13 reviews (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 Аlien cat 4 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Аlien cat 4's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–71k

best case 567k (Touhou Luna Nights)

Games like Аlien cat 4

A typical game among these

≈ 22k–71k copies

≈ $94k–$198k after Steam's cut

from ~693 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Touhou Luna Nights at ≈ 432k–701k copies, ≈ $2.1M–$5.7M 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 349 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Bullet Hell (7 of 8) and Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Side Scroller, priced around $18. The breakout hits carry Metroidvania + Platformer + Action-Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 79 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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