How much revenue did Shank the Cop make?

$28–$73 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shank the Cop sell?

Q: How many copies did Shank the Cop sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$112 before Steam's cut; from 1 review (1 user reviews); Only 1 review so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 260–651

best case 11.7M (Castle Crashers®)

Games like Shank the Cop

A typical game among these

≈ 260–651 copies

≈ $401–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~12 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 Detective (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: Castle Crashers® at ≈ 8.9M–14.5M copies, ≈ $36.7M–$98.7M 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 4 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 15.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Detective (4 of 8) and 4 Player Local (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Beat 'em up, priced around $17.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, 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 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
Castle Crashers® 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.9M–14.5M 11743x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.7M–$98.7M after Steam's cut $66.8M–$151.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2DOnline Co-Op
Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 109k–178k 300x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $511k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $928k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$16.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Board GameLocal Multiplayer
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M 10962x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.7M–$112.0M after Steam's cut $75.8M–$172.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	132k reviews Very Positive	RPGStory Rich
Hitmen Party 2023	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$6.99	22 reviews Positive	PvPDetective
Stealth Syndicate 2024	Est. copies ≈ 198–322 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $217–$584 after Steam's cut $395–$899 before Steam's cut	$3.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	Social DeductionLocal Multiplayer
Mirror Of Life 2021	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$438 after Steam's cut $297–$674 before Steam's cut	$1.99	12 reviews Positive	ActionAdventure
Huckleberry Fields Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $407–$1k after Steam's cut $740–$2k before Steam's cut	$19.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Early AccessIndie
Yesterday's News 2024	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$11.99	20 reviews Positive	Party GameMultiplayer