How much revenue did MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE make?

$40k–$108k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE sell?

Q: How many copies did MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 295 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before Steam's cut; from 295 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 MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 76k–106k

best case 417k (SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE)

Games like MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE

A typical game among these

≈ 76k–106k copies

≈ $598k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE at ≈ 318k–516k copies, ≈ $2.2M–$5.9M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 238 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-lite (5 of 8) and VR (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Action Roguelike + Time Manipulation + Bullet Time; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 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
Ancient Dungeon 2021	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $241k–$649k after Steam's cut $439k–$998k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRDungeon Crawler
UNDERDOGS 2024	Est. copies ≈ 73k–119k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $604k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRAction-Adventure
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 318k–516k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	FPSTime Manipulation
Receiver 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 76k–124k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $419k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $763k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FPS Simulation
COMPOUND 2022	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $292k–$786k after Steam's cut $531k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-lite
Monstrum 2015	Est. copies ≈ 184k–300k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $912k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$17.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
EVERSPACE™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 395k–642k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceAction Roguelike
Until You Fall 2020	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $565k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	VRSwordplay