How much revenue did Burst Hero make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Burst Hero sell?

Q: How many copies did Burst Hero sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 106 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 106 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 Burst Hero and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Burst Hero's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–115k

best case 160k (Voidigo)

Games like Burst Hero

A typical game among these

≈ 20k–115k copies

≈ $230k–$653k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Voidigo at ≈ 122k–199k copies, ≈ $168k–$451k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 492 reviews in their first month; the range was 44 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shoot 'Em Up (8 of 8) and Twin Stick Shooter (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Twin Stick Shooter, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, 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 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
Voidigo 2023	Est. copies ≈ 122k–199k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $168k–$451k after Steam's cut $305k–$694k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
Nex Machina 2017	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $416k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $756k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Twin Stick Shooter Bullet Hell
X Invader 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before Steam's cut	$4.99	580 reviews Mostly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpArena Shooter
God's Trigger 2019	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $120k–$321k after Steam's cut $217k–$495k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
Retrograde Arena 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	538 reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter
Chippy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $141k–$379k after Steam's cut $256k–$582k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter
Waves 2: Notorious 2015	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	327 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Renegade Ops 2011	Est. copies ≈ 183k–297k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $755k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$15.00	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionTwin Stick Shooter