How much revenue did Mech Engineer make?

$99k–$266k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mech Engineer sell?

Q: How many copies did Mech Engineer sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 968 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $99k–$266k after Steam's cut $180k–$409k before Steam's cut; from 968 reviews (Mostly 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 Mech Engineer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mech Engineer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 481–490k

best case 2.8M (ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™)

Games like Mech Engineer

A typical game among these

≈ 481–490k copies

≈ $21k–$11.1M after Steam's cut

from ~230 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Character Customization (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™ at ≈ 2.1M–3.5M copies, ≈ $35.2M–$94.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 108 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 46k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Character Customization (4 of 8) and Mechs (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mechs + Character Customization, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.5M 375x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.2M–$94.8M after Steam's cut $64.1M–$145.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	86k reviews Very Positive	MechsCharacter Customization
BATTLETECH 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M 145x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.1M–$29.9M after Steam's cut $20.2M–$46.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	MechsStrategy
Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $60k–$161k after Steam's cut $109k–$248k before Steam's cut	$29.99	293 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGVisual Novel
Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $40k–$92k before Steam's cut	$9.99	166 reviews Mixed	WargameReal Time Tactics
Mechsprofit: Mech Tycoon Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 456–741 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	15 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationMechs
CryoFall 2021	Est. copies ≈ 161k–261k 28x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $882k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony SimCrafting
MEAT AND METAL 2023	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $81–$219 after Steam's cut $148–$337 before Steam's cut	$2.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	FPSPvE
Evolve:Mecha Squad 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $55–$147 after Steam's cut $100–$226 before Steam's cut	$3.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	SimulationRobots