How much revenue did BattleCap make?

$13k–$36k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BattleCap sell?

Q: How many copies did BattleCap sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 165 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $13k–$36k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before Steam's cut; from 165 reviews (Very 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 BattleCap and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BattleCap's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–151k

best case 2.1M (HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition)

Games like BattleCap

A typical game among these

≈ 28k–151k copies

≈ $108k–$265k 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.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition at ≈ 1.6M–2.7M copies, ≈ $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Top-Down Shooter (5 of 8) and 4 Player Local (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Top-Down Shooter, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Co-op + Sci-fi + Online Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2019, 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 36 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
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpCo-op
Blazing Beaks 2019	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $312k–$839k after Steam's cut $567k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsAction Roguelike
Hyper Jam 2019	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $52k–$139k after Steam's cut $94k–$214k before Steam's cut	$12.99	504 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Shipped 2019	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$227k before Steam's cut	$9.99	694 reviews Very Positive	Local Multiplayer4 Player Local
Sea King 2019	Est. copies ≈ 778–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	27 reviews Positive	IndieNaval
It came from space and ate our brains 2015	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $70k–$187k after Steam's cut $127k–$288k before Steam's cut	$9.99	519 reviews Mostly Positive	Top-Down ShooterTwin Stick Shooter
Nation Red 2009	Est. copies ≈ 176k–287k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $145k–$390k after Steam's cut $264k–$600k before Steam's cut	$2.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction
Yet Another Zombie Defense HD 2017	Est. copies ≈ 128k–208k 2.2x vs typical 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