How much revenue did Blacktop Hoops make?

$155k–$416k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blacktop Hoops sell?

Q: How many copies did Blacktop Hoops sell?

19k to 31k copies, based on its 757 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–31k; $155k–$416k after Steam's cut $282k–$640k before Steam's cut; from 757 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 Blacktop Hoops and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blacktop Hoops's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 363–3k

best case 6k (VR SUPER SPORTS)

Games like Blacktop Hoops

A typical game among these

≈ 363–3k copies

≈ $647–$9k after Steam's cut

from ~18 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: VR SUPER SPORTS at ≈ 4k–7k copies, ≈ $15k–$40k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 26.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sports (8 of 8) and VR (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + VR, priced around $13.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2022, 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 52 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
Hoops VR 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$5.99	66 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationSports
Pickup Basketball VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$9.99	77 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsVR
JUST HOOPS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$9.99	17 reviews Positive	SportsVR
VTB Basketball League VR 2019	Est. copies ≈ 547–889 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	19 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationBasketball
VR SUPER SPORTS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$62k before Steam's cut	$12.99	122 reviews Mixed	SportsAction
Nothin' But Net 2018	Est. copies ≈ 213–346 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $292–$786 after Steam's cut $531–$1k before Steam's cut	$4.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	SportsVR
Basketball Madness 2020	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $744–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	12 reviews Positive	CasualSports
Rezzil Player 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before Steam's cut	$4.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	SimulationSports