How much revenue did Samurai Beat make?

$138–$368 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Samurai Beat sell?

Q: How many copies did Samurai Beat sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $138–$368 after Steam's cut $250–$566 before Steam's cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Only 2 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Samurai Beat and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Samurai Beat's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 98–472

best case 2.9M (Beat Saber)

Games like Samurai Beat

A typical game among these

≈ 98–472 copies

≈ $378–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~10 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: Beat Saber at ≈ 2.2M–3.6M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 15 reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rhythm (8 of 8) and VR (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Rhythm, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Music + Singleplayer + Moddable; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, and 3 of the 8 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 36 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
Beat Saber 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M 8038x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRRhythm
Unpatterned Cut 2025	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$9.99	15 reviews Positive	FPS Rhythm
LOFI Katana 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$16.99	13 reviews Positive	VRRhythm
Kongfusion 2020	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$14.99	30 reviews Positive	VRRhythm
Beatrect 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $138–$364 after Steam's cut $250–$560 before Steam's cut	$19.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	CasualArcade
TrainingTiles 2024	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $744–$2k before Steam's cut	$9.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	SimulationSports
Saber Ship 2022	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $138–$368 after Steam's cut $250–$566 before Steam's cut	$9.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	VRSports
Synth Riders 2019	Est. copies ≈ 48k–78k 177x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $332k–$892k after Steam's cut $603k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	VRRhythm