How much revenue did Robobo TM make?

$136–$365 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Robobo TM sell?

Q: How many copies did Robobo TM 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; $136–$365 after Steam's cut $247–$561 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 Robobo TM and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Robobo TM's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 105k–401k

best case 6.9M (NieR:Automata™)

Games like Robobo TM

A typical game among these

≈ 105k–401k copies

≈ $619k–$3.3M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Action Roguelike (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: NieR:Automata™ at ≈ 5.3M–8.6M copies, ≈ $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 597 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (4 of 8) and Rogue-lite (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Female Protagonist, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Story Rich + Hack and Slash; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 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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NieR:Automata™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 76x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut $105.8M–$240.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	154k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Swarm Grinder 2024	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $66k–$179k after Steam's cut $121k–$275k before Steam's cut	$7.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising 2018	Est. copies ≈ 398k–647k 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterRogue-lite
TheDawn 2020	Est. copies ≈ 213k–346k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	9k reviews Very Positive	AnimeAction
Astebreed: Definitive Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 93k–151k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $510k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $927k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Spectacle fighterShoot 'Em Up
CRYPTARK 2017	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $277k–$745k after Steam's cut $504k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction
Roboquest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 608k–989k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
Assault Android Cactus+ 2015	Est. copies ≈ 99k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $542k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $985k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter