How much revenue did Senpai Arena make?

$353–$952 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Senpai Arena sell?

Q: How many copies did Senpai Arena sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $353–$952 after Steam's cut $642–$1k before Steam's cut; from 13 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 134k–174k

best case 468k (Murder Miners)

Games like Senpai Arena

A typical game among these

≈ 134k–174k copies

≈ $540k–$675k after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Murder Miners at ≈ 356k–579k copies, ≈ $293k–$787k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 54 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 4k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Zombies (6 of 8) and Arena Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Level Editor + Arena Shooter, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2022, 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
Murder Miners 2014	Est. copies ≈ 356k–579k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $293k–$787k after Steam's cut $533k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$2.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Level EditorSplit Screen
Yet Another Zombie Defense HD 2017	Est. copies ≈ 128k–208k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $140k–$377k after Steam's cut $255k–$580k before Steam's cut	$3.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesTop-Down Shooter
Red Solstice 2: Survivors 2021	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $339k–$912k after Steam's cut $617k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mixed	Strategy RPGZombies
Atom Zombie Smasher 2011	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $366k–$984k after Steam's cut $665k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Real Time TacticsTower Defense
Dig Bombers 2020	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	11 reviews Positive	ActionStrategy
Cepheus Protocol 2020	Est. copies ≈ 93k–152k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $514k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $934k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	SandboxZombies
Call of Coronga 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$3.99	62 reviews Mixed	Spectacle fighterArena Shooter
BrainBread 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 129k–210k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayZombies