How many copies did The Expendabros sell?

950k to 1.5M copies, based on its 18k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did The Expendabros make?

The Expendabros is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is The Expendabros?

Estimated owners: ≈ 950k–1.5M; from 18k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 The Expendabros out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Expendabros's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–7.7M

best case 11.9M (People Playground)

The Sandbox genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 2.1M–7.7M copies

≈ $17.2M–$67.3M after Steam's cut

from ~54k reviews

Best case

≈ 9.1M–14.8M copies

People Playground · ≈ $24.9M–$67.1M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sandbox (3 of 8) and Action Roguelike (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Gore, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2023, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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