How much revenue did Grave Gunner make?

$272–$732 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Grave Gunner sell?

Q: How many copies did Grave Gunner sell?

99 to 161 copies, based on its 4 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 99–161; $272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before Steam's cut; from 4 reviews (4 user reviews); Only 4 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 Grave Gunner and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Grave Gunner's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 47k–67k

best case 8.0M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Grave Gunner

A typical game among these

≈ 47k–67k copies

≈ $348k–$477k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.1M–9.9M copies, ≈ $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 695 reviews in their first month; the range was 132 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arena Shooter (8 of 8) and FPS (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Blood + Character Action Game + Spectacle fighter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2024, and 1 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 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
ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.1M–9.9M 162x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut $91.2M–$207.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	245k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
Fashion Police Squad 2022	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $218k–$587k after Steam's cut $397k–$903k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns 2021	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterFPS
Quake III Arena 2007	Est. copies ≈ 260k–422k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSArena Shooter
Shrine II 2020	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	868 reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
TRIBES 3: Rivals 2024	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $189k–$507k after Steam's cut $343k–$780k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mixed	Early AccessFast-Paced
Monument 2015	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$100k before Steam's cut	$1.99	903 reviews Mostly Positive	Arena ShooterBoomer Shooter
Ziggurat 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $259k–$696k after Steam's cut $470k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rogue-lite