How much revenue did Viscerafest make?

$98k–$265k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Viscerafest sell?

Q: How many copies did Viscerafest sell?

18k to 29k copies, based on its 722 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–29k; $98k–$265k after Steam's cut $179k–$407k before Steam's cut; from 722 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 Viscerafest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Viscerafest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 146k–278k

best case 372k (BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE)

Games like Viscerafest

A typical game among these

≈ 146k–278k copies

≈ $1.0M–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE at ≈ 283k–461k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 151 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (8 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Rhythm, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 283k–461k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rhythm
Beyond Citadel 2025	Est. copies ≈ 117k–190k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $481k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $875k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSFemale Protagonist
Ion Fury 2019	Est. copies ≈ 196k–318k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Quake III Arena 2007	Est. copies ≈ 260k–422k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSArena Shooter
The Citadel 2020	Est. copies ≈ 78k–126k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $320k–$860k after Steam's cut $582k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FPSRetro
Selaco 2024	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $875k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	FPSShooter
Unreal Gold 2008	Est. copies ≈ 163k–264k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	ClassicFPS
Nightmare Reaper 2022	Est. copies ≈ 94k–153k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $646k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS