How much revenue did Super Retro Fighter make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Super Retro Fighter sell?

Q: How many copies did Super Retro Fighter sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 87 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut; from 87 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 Super Retro Fighter and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Super Retro Fighter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 105k–188k

best case 248k (Project Warlock)

Games like Super Retro Fighter

A typical game among these

≈ 105k–188k copies

≈ $264k–$381k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Project Warlock at ≈ 189k–308k copies, ≈ $624k–$1.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Bullet Hell (6 of 8) and Shoot 'Em Up (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + FPS, priced around $12.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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 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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Jets'n'Guns Gold 2014	Est. copies ≈ 86k–139k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $188k–$506k after Steam's cut $342k–$779k before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpGreat Soundtrack
Cyberhunt 2017	Est. copies ≈ 100k–163k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $138k–$370k after Steam's cut $251k–$570k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Sky Force Reloaded 2017	Est. copies ≈ 96k–155k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $263k–$706k after Steam's cut $477k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpArcade
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Project Warlock 2018	Est. copies ≈ 189k–308k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $624k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$12.00	6k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
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