How much revenue did Punch the Potus make?

Punch the Potus is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Punch the Potus sell?

Q: How many copies did Punch the Potus sell?

0 copies, based on its 0 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Too new to estimate: Games in its genre sell ≈ 6k–897k That is the genre's figure, not a prediction for this game.; No reviews yet, so there is nothing to estimate from. That is not the same as selling nothing.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Punch the Potus and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Punch the Potus's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–897k

best case 6.7M (Papers, Please)

Games like Punch the Potus

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–897k copies

≈ $33k–$10.9M 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: Papers, Please at ≈ 5.1M–8.3M copies, ≈ $14.0M–$37.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 2k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Political (6 of 8) and Satire (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Political + Simulation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Papers, Please 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M 35x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.0M–$37.6M after Steam's cut $25.5M–$57.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	81k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndiePolitical
Sifu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 717k–1.2M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	29k reviews Very Positive	ActionMartial Arts
Social Justice Warriors 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before Steam's cut	$7.99	127 reviews Mixed	SatireEducation
Kandidatos 2020	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before Steam's cut	$0.99	4k reviews Very Positive	FightingPolitical
Afterbern Democralypse 2019	Est. copies ≈ 461–749 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	16 reviews Mixed	ActionViolent
Yakuza Kiwami (Legacy) 2019	Est. copies ≈ 672k–1.1M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	23k reviews Very Positive	ActionStory Rich
Deadly Desire 2023	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $111–$253 before Steam's cut	$2.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	ConspiracyShooter
Political Animals 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut	$14.99	192 reviews Mixed	Political SimSimulation