How much revenue did Bloons TD 5 make?

$1.8M–$4.9M 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?

670k 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: ≈ 670k–1.1M; $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before the cut; from 12k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Bloons TD 5 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bloons TD 5's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–1.6M

best case 15.8M (Bloons TD 6)

Games like Bloons TD 5

The middle of these games

≈ 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 about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Bloons TD 6 at ≈ 12.0M–19.5M copies, ≈ $46.2M–$124.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 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.
The era: The games you compared 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–19.5M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.2M–$124.2M after Steam's cut $84.0M–$191.0M before the cut	$13.99	395k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Mindustry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 807k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.2M before the cut	$9.99	28k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingResource Management
Tribes of Midgard 2021	Est. copies ≈ 577k–937k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before the 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 $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before the cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
Dungeon Defenders II 2017	Est. copies ≈ 762k–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 the 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