How much revenue did Backyard Boxing make?

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

How many copies did Backyard Boxing sell?

Q: How many copies did Backyard Boxing sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 51 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 51 reviews (Mixed)

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 Backyard Boxing and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Backyard Boxing's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–18k

best case 154k (The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing)

Games like Backyard Boxing

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–18k copies

≈ $39k–$106k after Steam's cut

from ~176 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing at ≈ 117k–191k copies, ≈ $323k–$868k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 67 reviews in their first month; the range was 49 to 426.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Boxing (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Sports, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2025, 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 38 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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Tactic Boxing 2024	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$119k before Steam's cut	$9.99	422 reviews Mostly Positive	BoxingPhysics
Punch A Bunch 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k 5.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $102k–$274k after Steam's cut $186k–$422k before Steam's cut	$14.99	998 reviews Mostly Positive	BoxingFighting
Virtual Fighting Championship (VFC) 2018	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$108k before Steam's cut	$15.99	195 reviews Mostly Positive	VRBoxing
The Thrill of the Fight - VR Boxing 2019	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k 23x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $323k–$868k after Steam's cut $587k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRSports
Crazy Kung Fu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before Steam's cut	$14.99	83 reviews Very Positive	Sports3D Fighter
Boxing Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$7.99	81 reviews Very Positive	SimulationSports
Boxing Club Manager 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before Steam's cut	$39.99	93 reviews Mixed	SportsStrategy
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