How much revenue did Broforce make?

$12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Broforce sell?

Q: How many copies did Broforce sell?

3.0M to 4.8M copies, based on its 61k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.0M–4.8M; $12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.8M before Steam's cut; from 61k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Broforce and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Broforce's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–28k

best case 1.3M (The Expendabros)

Games like Broforce

A typical game among these

≈ 13k–28k copies

≈ $32k–$95k after Steam's cut

from ~445 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Shooter (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: The Expendabros at ≈ 1.0M–1.7M copies. 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 204 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (3 of 8) and Side Scroller (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Shooter + Co-op. The breakout hits carry Free to Play + Multiplayer + Local Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Gold Rush! Classic 2014	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$79k before Steam's cut	$2.99	416 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureAction
Mega City Force 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$140k before Steam's cut	$14.99	332 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionRogue-like
3dSen PC 2025	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $57k–$154k after Steam's cut $104k–$236k before Steam's cut	$14.99	559 reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAdventure
Steel Assault 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $45k–$122k after Steam's cut $83k–$188k before Steam's cut	$14.99	445 reviews Mostly Positive	2D PlatformerFast-Paced
The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood 2025	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $29k–$65k before Steam's cut	$2.99	774 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SingleplayerAction
CARNAL 2021	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$0.99	343 reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
The Expendabros 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M 41x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayAction
Alex Jones: NWO Wars 2024	Est. copies ≈ 45k–74k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $221k–$594k after Steam's cut $402k–$914k before Steam's cut	$17.76	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionArcade