How much revenue did Cowboy 3030 make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cowboy 3030 sell?

Q: How many copies did Cowboy 3030 sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 117 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$49k before Steam's cut; from 117 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 Cowboy 3030 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cowboy 3030's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–13k

best case 11.5M (Risk of Rain 2)

Games like Cowboy 3030

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–13k copies

≈ $7k–$48k after Steam's cut

from ~130 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 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Risk of Rain 2 at ≈ 8.8M–14.2M copies, ≈ $60.2M–$161.9M 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 181 reviews in their first month; the range was 35 to 103k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Bullet Hell (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Co-op, priced around $42. The breakout hits carry Co-op + Action + Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.2M 2728x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut $109.5M–$249.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	353k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike
KUNKUN League 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$2.99	154 reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Xmas Apocalypse 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$6.99	105 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeShooter
Before The Dawn 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$4.99	48 reviews Positive	Rogue-like Rogue-lite
Returnal™ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 276k–448k 86x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.2M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$18.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ActionBullet Hell
Atomic Picnic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $77k–$207k after Steam's cut $140k–$318k before Steam's cut	$19.99	564 reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-likeAction Roguelike
Black Gunner Wukong 2024	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before Steam's cut	$9.99	487 reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpAction Roguelike
Project Malice 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$19k before Steam's cut	$9.99	69 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like