How much revenue did Blackout Memphis make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blackout Memphis sell?

Q: How many copies did Blackout Memphis sell?

496 to 806 copies, based on its 20 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 496–806; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 20 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 Blackout Memphis and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blackout Memphis's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 292k–2.7M

best case 10.7M (Hotline Miami)

Games like Blackout Memphis

A typical game among these

≈ 292k–2.7M copies

≈ $1.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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: Hotline Miami at ≈ 8.1M–13.2M copies, ≈ $22.3M–$60.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Gore (8 of 8) and Violent (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Violent + Top-Down, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2019, 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 36 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
Hotline Miami 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.2M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.3M–$60.0M after Steam's cut $40.6M–$92.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackViolent
RED HOT VENGEANCE 2019	Est. copies ≈ 104k–168k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayViolent
Zombie Driver HD 2012	Est. copies ≈ 257k–418k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $707k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesRacing
RUINER 2017	Est. copies ≈ 431k–700k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkAction
Hatred 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before Steam's cut	$5.99	30k reviews Very Positive	GoreViolent
APE OUT 2019	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $490k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $891k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ViolentIndie
POSTAL Redux 2016	Est. copies ≈ 345k–560k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $852k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$8.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpMultiplayer
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M 7.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.2M–$43.5M after Steam's cut $29.4M–$66.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	80k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackGore