How much revenue did Synthwave FURY make?

$265–$713 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Synthwave FURY sell?

Q: How many copies did Synthwave FURY sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $265–$713 after Steam's cut $481–$1k before Steam's cut; from 13 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 Synthwave FURY and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Synthwave FURY's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 33k–178k

best case 253k (OutDrive)

Games like Synthwave FURY

A typical game among these

≈ 33k–178k copies

≈ $166k–$292k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: OutDrive at ≈ 193k–313k copies, ≈ $159k–$426k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 17 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 499.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Arcade (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + 1980s, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, 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 52 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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Interstate Drifter 2000 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$9.99	68 reviews Very Positive	RacingAction
Retrowave Drive 2021	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $217–$584 after Steam's cut $395–$898 before Steam's cut	$1.99	16 reviews Mixed	RacingCasual
740 Racing 2025	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $287–$768 after Steam's cut $521–$1k before Steam's cut	$5.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	RacingDriving
Super Woden GP 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $90k–$242k after Steam's cut $163k–$372k before Steam's cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	RacingSports
80's OVERDRIVE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $57k–$152k after Steam's cut $103k–$234k before Steam's cut	$9.99	832 reviews Mostly Positive	RacingRetro
Slipstream 2018	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $146k–$392k after Steam's cut $265k–$602k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RacingDriving
OutDrive 2016	Est. copies ≈ 193k–313k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $159k–$426k after Steam's cut $288k–$656k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingIndie
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