How much revenue did Penetrator make?

$41–$110 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Penetrator sell?

Q: How many copies did Penetrator sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $41–$110 after Steam's cut $74–$169 before Steam's cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Only 3 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–2.8M

best case 10.0M (Cuphead)

Games like Penetrator

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–2.8M copies

≈ $8.9M–$19.1M after Steam's cut

from ~34k 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: Cuphead at ≈ 7.6M–12.4M copies, ≈ $41.9M–$112.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and 2D Platformer (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Difficult + Great Soundtrack + Cartoon; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 79 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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Sonic Mania 2017	Est. copies ≈ 995k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Great Soundtrack2D
Streets of Rage 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 490k–797k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	20k reviews Very Positive	ActionBeat 'em up
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Cuphead 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.4M 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $41.9M–$112.7M after Steam's cut $76.2M–$173.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	222k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DifficultCartoon
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SANABI 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.4M after Steam's cut $8.4M–$19.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsStory Rich
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