How much revenue did Neon Arena make?

$74–$200 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Neon Arena sell?

Q: How many copies did Neon Arena sell?

273 to 443 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 273–443; $74–$200 after Steam's cut $135–$307 before Steam's cut; from 11 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–13k

best case 406k (Pixel Strike 3D)

Games like Neon Arena

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–13k copies

≈ $20k–$36k after Steam's cut

from ~252 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.

Best case: Pixel Strike 3D at ≈ 310k–503k copies. 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 232 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (5 of 8) and Battle Royale (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Battle Royale + Top-Down Shooter.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2023, and none of them 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Surviv.io - 2D Battle Royale 2020	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mixed	Battle RoyaleTop-Down Shooter
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Pixel Strike 3D 2020	Est. copies ≈ 310k–503k 50x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayFPS
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