How much revenue did Run or Die make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Run or Die sell?

Q: How many copies did Run or Die sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 180 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 180 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 Run or Die and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Run or Die's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 170k–415k

best case 665k (Montaro)

Games like Run or Die

A typical game among these

≈ 170k–415k copies

≈ $136k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Runner (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: Montaro at ≈ 506k–823k copies, ≈ $138k–$371k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Runner (4 of 8) and Rhythm (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Memes + Anime, priced around $1.
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
Montaro 2016	Est. copies ≈ 506k–823k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $138k–$371k after Steam's cut $251k–$570k before Steam's cut	$0.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MemesCute
Music Racer 2018	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $60k–$162k after Steam's cut $110k–$250k before Steam's cut	$1.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER 2021	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $109k–$294k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DifficultArcade
Melody's Escape 2016	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $998k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Music-Based Procedural GenerationRhythm
Seen 2019	Est. copies ≈ 288k–467k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $78k–$210k after Steam's cut $142k–$324k before Steam's cut	$0.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessIndie
BIT.TRIP RUNNER 2011	Est. copies ≈ 250k–406k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Rhythm Platformer
Orbt XL 2017	Est. copies ≈ 118k–192k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$133k before Steam's cut	$0.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ArcadeDifficult
Race The Sun 2013	Est. copies ≈ 402k–653k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Procedural GenerationRunner