How much revenue did The Breakup Arena make?

$258–$694 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Breakup Arena sell?

Q: How many copies did The Breakup Arena sell?

471 to 766 copies, based on its 19 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471–766; $258–$694 after Steam's cut $469–$1k before Steam's cut; from 19 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 The Breakup Arena and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Breakup Arena's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 259k–524k

best case 4.3M (TEKKEN 7)

Games like The Breakup Arena

A typical game among these

≈ 259k–524k copies

≈ $1.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: TEKKEN 7 at ≈ 3.3M–5.3M copies, ≈ $36.2M–$97.2M 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 Arcade (8 of 8) and Fighting (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fighting + 3D Fighter, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Local Multiplayer + 3D Fighter + Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 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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TEKKEN 8 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 7.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $19.8M–$53.4M after Steam's cut $36.1M–$82.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	73k reviews Mixed	Fighting3D Fighter
TEKKEN 7 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.3M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.2M–$97.2M after Steam's cut $65.7M–$149.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	96k reviews Very Positive	FightingAction
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae 2014	Est. copies ≈ 192k–312k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $528k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $960k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Female ProtagonistHack and Slash
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION 2017	Est. copies ≈ 146k–238k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.6M–$9.7M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$15.0M before Steam's cut	$89.99	4k reviews Very Positive	FightingArcade
SOULCALIBUR VI 2018	Est. copies ≈ 437k–710k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut $19.7M–$44.7M before Steam's cut	$89.99	14k reviews Very Positive	FightingAction
Hellish Quart 2021	Est. copies ≈ 212k–344k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$17.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessFighting
DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round: Core Fighters 2015	Est. copies ≈ 514k–836k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Mixed	PvPSexual Content
DEAD OR ALIVE 6 2019	Est. copies ≈ 286k–465k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Mostly Positive	3D FighterPvP