How much revenue did Kandidatos make?

$30k–$80k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kandidatos sell?

Q: How many copies did Kandidatos sell?

109k to 177k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 109k–177k; $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Kandidatos and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kandidatos's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 586–605

best case 3.1M (Gang Beasts)

Games like Kandidatos

A typical game among these

≈ 586–605 copies

≈ $696–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~18 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Gang Beasts at ≈ 2.3M–3.8M copies, ≈ $12.8M–$34.4M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 10 reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fighting (8 of 8) and 2D Fighter (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fighting, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Local Multiplayer + Funny; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
Gang Beasts 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M 3756x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.8M–$34.4M after Steam's cut $23.2M–$52.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	68k reviews Very Positive	FunnyPhysics
Street Fighter V 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M 2457x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.2M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$41.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	44k reviews Mixed	FightingAction
Yang2020 Path To Presidency 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 7.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$2.99	133 reviews Very Positive	ActionFighting
Afterbern Democralypse 2019	Est. copies ≈ 461–749 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	16 reviews Mixed	ActionViolent
MEIRIN IN FISTS OF FIRE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $381–$1k after Steam's cut $692–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	14 reviews Positive	ActionFighting
Punch the Potus 2020	Est. copies ≈ 0 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	0 reviews No user reviews	CasualPolitical
Critical Zone 2021	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $367–$986 after Steam's cut $667–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	18 reviews Positive	Local Multiplayer4 Player Local
Political Punchers Parody Arena 2024	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $980–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$7.99	18 reviews Positive	3D FighterMartial Arts