How much revenue did Bucket Crusher make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bucket Crusher sell?

Q: How many copies did Bucket Crusher sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 46 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 46 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 Bucket Crusher and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bucket Crusher's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 594–28k

best case 4.4M (Teardown)

Games like Bucket Crusher

A typical game among these

≈ 594–28k copies

≈ $2k–$89k after Steam's cut

from ~102 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: Teardown at ≈ 3.4M–5.5M copies, ≈ $27.9M–$75.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 38k 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 Destruction (7 of 8) and Physics (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Destruction + Physics, priced around $30.
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
Teardown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 1337x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$75.0M after Steam's cut $50.7M–$115.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	136k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DestructionPhysics
Liquid Havoc 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $884–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$9.99	13 reviews Positive	DestructionPhysics
Dieselpunk Wars 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before Steam's cut	$14.99	155 reviews Mixed	SandboxBuilding
Guns, Blocks, and Steel 2024	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	20 reviews Mostly Positive	FPSShooter
Blow it up 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$4.99	49 reviews Positive	DestructionVoxel
Voxel Project VR 2025	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $59k–$159k after Steam's cut $107k–$244k before Steam's cut	$24.99	346 reviews Very Positive	DestructionVR
9 to Die 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69–$184 after Steam's cut $125–$283 before Steam's cut	$4.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	ActionShooter
Planet Nomads 2019	Est. copies ≈ 59k–95k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	Sci-fiProcedural Generation