How much revenue did Gal*Gun Returns make?

$124k–$333k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gal*Gun Returns sell?

Q: How many copies did Gal*Gun Returns sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 363 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $124k–$333k after Steam's cut $225k–$512k before Steam's cut; from 363 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 Gal*Gun Returns and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gal*Gun Returns's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 99k–135k

best case 156k (Pistol Whip)

Games like Gal*Gun Returns

A typical game among these

≈ 99k–135k copies

≈ $537k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Pistol Whip at ≈ 119k–193k copies, ≈ $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (7 of 8) and On-Rails Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Rhythm, priced around $30.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2019. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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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