How much revenue did Gunner, HEAT, PC! make?

$1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gunner, HEAT, PC! sell?

Q: How many copies did Gunner, HEAT, PC! sell?

203k to 330k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 203k–330k; $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 Gunner, HEAT, PC! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gunner, HEAT, PC!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 328k–2.3M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like Gunner, HEAT, PC!

A typical game among these

≈ 328k–2.3M copies

≈ $2.6M–$54.3M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 10k reviews in their first month; the range was 6k to 47k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share War (5 of 8) and Building (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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
War Trigger 3 2015	Est. copies ≈ 397k–646k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mixed	ShooterFree to Play
Beyond The Wire 2022	Est. copies ≈ 187k–304k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $514k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $934k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Mixed	FPSWar
Airships: Conquer the Skies 2018	Est. copies ≈ 201k–327k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Vehicular Combat4X
The Front 2025	Est. copies ≈ 266k–432k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mixed	Early AccessOpen World Survival Craft
Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	SpaceAction
Hell Let Loose 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $51.1M–$137.3M after Steam's cut $92.9M–$211.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	150k reviews Very Positive	ShooterRealistic
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 51x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
WARNO 2024	Est. copies ≈ 401k–651k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.8M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	16k reviews Mostly Positive	WargameMilitary