How much revenue did Karate Survivor make?

$116k–$311k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Karate Survivor sell?

Q: How many copies did Karate Survivor sell?

84k to 137k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 84k–137k; $116k–$311k after Steam's cut $210k–$479k before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Karate Survivor and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Karate Survivor's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–2.5M

best case 9.9M (NARAKA: BLADEPOINT)

Games like Karate Survivor

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–2.5M copies

≈ $14.5M–$40.3M after Steam's cut

from ~73k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Fighting (4 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: NARAKA: BLADEPOINT at ≈ 7.5M–12.2M copies.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 48k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fighting (4 of 8) and Martial Arts (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Battle Royale + Martial Arts.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 2 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 38 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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Spartan Fist 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$24k before Steam's cut	$14.99	46 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeBeat 'em up
Sifu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 717k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	29k reviews Very Positive	ActionMartial Arts
TEKKEN 8 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 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
Street Fighter™ 6 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut $39.7M–$90.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	80k reviews Very Positive	2D FighterFighting
暖雪 Warm Snow 2022	Est. copies ≈ 971k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.8M–$12.9M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.9M before Steam's cut	$17.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleMultiplayer
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$66.8M after Steam's cut $45.2M–$102.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	73k reviews Very Positive	AnimeAction
Pixel Ninja 2020	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $218–$585 after Steam's cut $396–$900 before Steam's cut	$7.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Action RoguelikeSide Scroller