How much revenue did Ambush make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ambush sell?

Q: How many copies did Ambush sell?

645 to 1k copies, based on its 26 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 645–1k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 26 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 Ambush and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ambush's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.6M–9.2M

best case 11.3M (Ready or Not)

Games like Ambush

A typical game among these

≈ 6.6M–9.2M copies

≈ $141.2M–$192.3M after Steam's cut

from ~220k 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 Combat (3 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: Ready or Not at ≈ 8.6M–14.0M copies, ≈ $118.4M–$318.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 143k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Combat (3 of 8) and Gore (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical + Realistic, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, and 2 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 36 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
Ready or Not 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8.6M–14.0M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $118.4M–$318.4M after Steam's cut $215.3M–$489.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	347k reviews Mostly Positive	TacticalRealistic
God of War 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $63.1M–$169.6M after Steam's cut $114.7M–$260.9M before Steam's cut	$49.99	185k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionSingleplayer
REQUISITION VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $66k–$177k after Steam's cut $119k–$272k before Steam's cut	$19.99	482 reviews Mixed	VRAction
Sci-Fantasy Defence 2022	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$19.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	VRTower Defense
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $90.1M–$242.1M after Steam's cut $163.7M–$372.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	220k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCo-op
Scatteria - Post-apocalyptic shooter 2019	Est. copies ≈ 576–936 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$9.99	20 reviews Mostly Positive	Split ScreenPost-apocalyptic
Foetality: Fetus Deletus 2025	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before Steam's cut	$2.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	PvPAction
Bean There, Won That 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$33k before Steam's cut	$7.99	145 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionMultiplayer