How much revenue did Contra: Operation Galuga make?

$267k–$718k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Contra: Operation Galuga sell?

Q: How many copies did Contra: Operation Galuga sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 979 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $267k–$718k after Steam's cut $485k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 979 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 Contra: Operation Galuga and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Contra: Operation Galuga's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 364k–544k

best case 1.0M (Crab Champions)

Games like Contra: Operation Galuga

A typical game among these

≈ 364k–544k copies

≈ $639k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Crab Champions at ≈ 774k–1.3M copies, ≈ $2.1M–$5.7M 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 Arcade (5 of 8) and Platformer (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Soundtrack, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Early Access + Soundtrack + Looter Shooter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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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