How much revenue did Old Retro Shooter make?

$61k–$165k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Old Retro Shooter sell?

Q: How many copies did Old Retro Shooter sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 45 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $61k–$165k after Steam's cut $112k–$254k before Steam's cut; from 45 reviews (Mixed)

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 Old Retro Shooter and predicted how it would do from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Old Retro Shooter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–3k

best case 352k (ALTF4)

Games like Old Retro Shooter

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–3k copies

≈ $493–$10k after Steam's cut

from ~64 reviews

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

2 of the 6 similar games are hits.

Best case: ALTF4 at ≈ 268k–435k copies, ≈ $220k–$592k 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 32 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 6k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (4 of 6) and Survival (3 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Runner + Physics, priced around $9. The breakout hits carry Runner + Physics + 3D Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of the 6 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 70 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
ALTF4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 268k–435k 169x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $220k–$592k after Steam's cut $400k–$911k before Steam's cut	$2.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	RunnerPhysics
Pixel Piracy 2014	Est. copies ≈ 412k–669k 115x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeSandbox
Abiko The Miko 2020	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $218–$585 after Steam's cut $396–$900 before Steam's cut	$7.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Action RoguelikeExploration
Cube Worlds Survival 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $284–$762 after Steam's cut $516–$1k before Steam's cut	$0.99	42 reviews Mixed	SurvivalOpen World
Spellbound Survivors 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$4.99	96 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
Cursed Crew 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$49k before Steam's cut	$20.00	86 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSurvival