How much revenue did BattleBlock Theater® make?

$16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BattleBlock Theater® sell?

Q: How many copies did BattleBlock Theater® sell?

4.1M to 6.6M copies, based on its 73k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.1M–6.6M; $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before Steam's cut; from 73k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 BattleBlock Theater® and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BattleBlock Theater®'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–2.5M

best case 15.2M (Fall Guys)

Games like BattleBlock Theater®

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–2.5M copies

≈ $12.6M–$22.6M after Steam's cut

from ~31k 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: Fall Guys at ≈ 11.6M–18.9M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (5 of 8) and 3D Platformer (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Funny + Party Game + Battle Royale; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2020, 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Fall Guys 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11.6M–18.9M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	468k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerParty Game
The Expendabros 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayAction
LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™ 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	LEGOAdventure
Broforce 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	61k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AmericaAction
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Duck Game 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.8M–$18.3M after Steam's cut $12.4M–$28.2M before Steam's cut	$12.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MultiplayerFunny
A Hat in Time 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $15.2M–$40.8M after Steam's cut $27.6M–$62.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	54k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Cute3D Platformer
Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy 2018	Est. copies ≈ 679k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.1M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$30.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	22k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerRemake