How much revenue did Rescue Operation make?

$8k–$22k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rescue Operation sell?

Q: How many copies did Rescue Operation sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 298 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$34k before Steam's cut; from 298 reviews (Very 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 Rescue Operation and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rescue Operation's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–7k

best case 33k (Grand Pigeon's Duty)

Games like Rescue Operation

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–7k copies

≈ $776–$27k after Steam's cut

from ~63 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Grand Pigeon's Duty at ≈ 25k–41k copies, ≈ $28k–$74k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 104 reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (5 of 8) and Hero Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choose Your Own Adventure + Side Scroller, priced around $4.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
X8 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	198 reviews Very Positive	VRHero Shooter
The Legend of the War Axe 2021	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $244–$657 after Steam's cut $444–$1k before Steam's cut	$1.99	18 reviews Positive	ActionFantasy
illWill 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $44k–$117k after Steam's cut $79k–$180k before Steam's cut	$19.99	320 reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Grand Pigeon's Duty 2016	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $28k–$74k after Steam's cut $50k–$115k before Steam's cut	$3.99	607 reviews Mostly Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureSide Scroller
Cemetery Warrior V 2021	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$3.99	40 reviews Mixed	Hero ShooterSpectacle fighter
Trap Arena 2021	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $435–$1k after Steam's cut $790–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	32 reviews Mixed	Hero ShooterSpectacle fighter
Hijacker Jack : ARCADE FMV 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$1.99	86 reviews Mixed	FMVVR
John Christian 3.0 2024	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $407–$1k after Steam's cut $740–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	30 reviews Positive	AdventureAction