How many copies did BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien sell?

Q: How many copies did BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien sell?

195k to 316k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Q: How much revenue did BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien make?

$802k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 195k–316k; $802k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 202k–300k

best case 47.6M (Geometry Dash)

Games like BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

A typical game among these

≈ 202k–300k copies

≈ $773k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Geometry Dash at ≈ 36.2M–58.9M copies, ≈ $49.7M–$133.7M 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 Music (7 of 8) and Rhythm (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Level Editor + Precision Platformer + 2D; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2019, 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 36 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Geometry Dash 2014	Est. copies ≈ 36.2M–58.9M 164x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut $90.4M–$205.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	647k reviews Very Positive	DifficultMusic
BIT.TRIP RUNNER 2011	Est. copies ≈ 250k–406k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Rhythm Platformer
Wandersong 2018	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $653k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MusicAdventure
Neon Beats 2019	Est. copies ≈ 189k–308k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayRhythm
Melody's Escape 2016	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $998k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Music-Based Procedural GenerationRhythm
140 2013	Est. copies ≈ 297k–483k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $408k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $741k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerIndie
BARRIER X 2016	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $81k–$217k after Steam's cut $147k–$334k before Steam's cut	$2.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Electronic Super Joy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 207k–336k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $455k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $827k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$7.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerIndie