How much revenue did Retrowave 2 make?

$17k–$47k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Retrowave 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Retrowave 2 sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 514 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$72k before Steam's cut; from 514 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 Retrowave 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Retrowave 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–122k

best case 641k (GRID Autosport)

Games like Retrowave 2

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–122k copies

≈ $6k–$291k after Steam's cut

from ~618 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: GRID Autosport at ≈ 489k–794k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 116 reviews in their first month; the range was 13 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (8 of 8) and Racing (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 79 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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GRID Autosport 2014	Est. copies ≈ 489k–794k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	9k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 6 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $202k–$543k after Steam's cut $367k–$835k before Steam's cut	$49.99	592 reviews Mostly Positive	RacingSports
Urban Trial Freestyle 2013	Est. copies ≈ 108k–176k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $297k–$800k after Steam's cut $541k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RacingSports
Project CARS 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 88k–144k 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mixed	RacingArcade
Ambulance Chauffeur Simulator 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $646–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	19 reviews Positive	AdventureCasual
Wing Breakers 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$66k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before Steam's cut	$24.99	144 reviews Mostly Positive	Combat RacingRacing
Chinese Driving Test Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$0.99	644 reviews Mixed	CasualSimulation
Battle RC 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$4.99	94 reviews Very Positive	RobotsCombat Racing