How much revenue did 12 MiniBattles make?

$340–$915 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 12 MiniBattles sell?

Q: How many copies did 12 MiniBattles sell?

248 to 403 copies, based on its 10 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 248–403; $340–$915 after Steam's cut $619–$1k before Steam's cut; from 10 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 12 MiniBattles and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 12 MiniBattles's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 43k–267k

best case 267k (Lethal League Blaze)

Games like 12 MiniBattles

A typical game among these

≈ 43k–267k copies

≈ $187k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Lethal League Blaze at ≈ 204k–331k copies, ≈ $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 209 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 459.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Fighter (6 of 8) and Sports (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2D Fighter + Sports, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Lethal League Blaze 2018	Est. copies ≈ 204k–331k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionIndie
Lethal League 2014	Est. copies ≈ 339k–552k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$13.99	6k reviews Very Positive	FightingLocal Multiplayer
Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow 2015	Est. copies ≈ 37k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $100k–$270k after Steam's cut $182k–$415k before Steam's cut	$9.99	748 reviews Very Positive	2D FighterAction
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Holopoint 2016	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $88k–$237k after Steam's cut $160k–$365k before Steam's cut	$10.99	702 reviews Very Positive	SportsVR
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