How much revenue did Bloons TD 5 make?

$1.8M–$5.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bloons TD 5 sell?

Q: How many copies did Bloons TD 5 sell?

671k to 1.1M copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 671k–1.1M; $1.8M–$5.0M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.6M before Steam's cut; from 12k 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 Bloons TD 5 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bloons TD 5's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–1.6M

best case 15.8M (Bloons TD 6)

Games like Bloons TD 5

A typical game among these

≈ 1.0M–1.6M copies

≈ $5.4M–$9.2M after Steam's cut

from ~23k 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: Bloons TD 6 at ≈ 12.0M–19.6M copies, ≈ $46.3M–$124.5M 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 Tower Defense (6 of 8) and Action RPG (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Co-op, priced around $14. The breakout hits carry Family Friendly + Trading Card Game + Stylized; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2021, 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 31 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
Bloons TD 6 2018	Est. copies ≈ 12.0M–19.6M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.3M–$124.5M after Steam's cut $84.2M–$191.5M before Steam's cut	$13.99	396k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Mindustry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 813k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	28k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingResource Management
Tribes of Midgard 2021	Est. copies ≈ 577k–938k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-Op
Bloons TD Battles 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayTower Defense
Dungeon Defenders 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
Dungeon Defenders II 2017	Est. copies ≈ 763k–1.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	22k reviews Mostly Positive	MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
Orcs Must Die! 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	20k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Co-op
Minion Masters 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	65k reviews Very Positive	PvETrading Card Game