How many copies did Bulanci sell?

17k to 27k copies, based on its 680 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Bulanci make?

Bulanci is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Bulanci?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 17k–27k; from 680 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.6M–54.7M

best case 133.2M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)

Games like Bulanci

A typical game among these

≈ 7.6M–54.7M copies

≈ $33.5M–$403.2M after Steam's cut

from ~225k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Co-op (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: Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at ≈ 101.5M–164.9M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (4 of 8) and Open World (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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).

Similar games

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Borderlands 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 19.8M–32.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $217.3M–$584.2M after Steam's cut $395.1M–$898.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	313k reviews Very Positive	LootShooter
Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 80.0M–130.1M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut $399.8M–$909.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 101.5M–164.9M 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.1M reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
POSTAL 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.7M–14.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $24.0M–$64.5M after Steam's cut $43.6M–$99.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	138k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ViolentDark Humor
Broforce 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	61k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AmericaAction
HELLDIVERS™ 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 28.9M–46.9M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $317.6M–$854.0M after Steam's cut $577.5M–$1313.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1.2M reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpPvE
Just Cause™ 3 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6.3M–10.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $34.4M–$92.4M after Steam's cut $62.5M–$142.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	128k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Saints Row: The Third 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	70k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldAction