How much revenue did Rap Attack! make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rap Attack! sell?

Q: How many copies did Rap Attack! sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 21 reviews (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 Rap Attack! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rap Attack!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 324k–1.3M

best case 1.6M (Rogue Legacy)

Games like Rap Attack!

A typical game among these

≈ 324k–1.3M copies

≈ $1.5M–$8.3M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: Rogue Legacy at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (5 of 8) and Arcade (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguevania + Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
METAL SLUG 2015	Est. copies ≈ 259k–421k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $569k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$7.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ActionArcade
Laika: Aged Through Blood 2023	Est. copies ≈ 167k–272k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $919k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericArcade
Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2015	Est. copies ≈ 212k–345k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $584k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ActionSide Scroller
Rogue Legacy 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 376k–611k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	ArcadeMetroidvania
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove 2014	Est. copies ≈ 948k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PlatformerPixel Graphics
METAL SLUG 3 2014	Est. copies ≈ 514k–836k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$7.99	9k reviews Very Positive	ArcadeClassic
Spelunky 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.7M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$18.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Rogue-like