How much revenue did Pulling No Punches make?

$46k–$122k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pulling No Punches sell?

Q: How many copies did Pulling No Punches sell?

17k to 27k copies, based on its 668 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–27k; $46k–$122k after Steam's cut $83k–$188k before Steam's cut; from 668 reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Pulling No Punches and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pulling No Punches's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–3.7M

best case 6.5M (Devil May Cry 5)

Games like Pulling No Punches

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–3.7M copies

≈ $12.8M–$53.4M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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: Devil May Cry 5 at ≈ 4.9M–8.0M copies, ≈ $40.6M–$109.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hack and Slash (8 of 8) and Spectacle fighter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hack and Slash + Character Action Game, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 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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Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.6M–$20.4M after Steam's cut $13.8M–$31.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	23k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Devil May Cry 5 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $40.6M–$109.2M after Steam's cut $73.9M–$168.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	171k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Bayonetta 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
Hi-Fi RUSH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 893k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.8M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmAction
DmC: Devil May Cry 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.3M–$46.4M after Steam's cut $31.4M–$71.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Darksiders™ 2010	Est. copies ≈ 818k–1.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.1M–$110.6M after Steam's cut $74.8M–$170.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackHack and Slash
Devil May Cry HD Collection 2018	Est. copies ≈ 785k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.4M after Steam's cut $11.8M–$26.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	26k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash