How much revenue did Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge make?

$513k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge sell?

Q: How many copies did Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge sell?

937k to 1.5M copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 937k–1.5M; $513k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $932k–$2.1M before Steam's cut; from 15k reviews (Mostly 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 Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–7.0M

best case 12.1M (People Playground)

Games like Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge

A typical game among these

≈ 1.7M–7.0M copies

≈ $17.7M–$40.9M after Steam's cut

from ~62k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Physics (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: People Playground at ≈ 9.2M–15.0M copies, ≈ $25.4M–$68.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Physics (4 of 8) and Gore (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Gore, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2024, and 1 of the 7 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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Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	HorrorGore
Peggle Deluxe 2007	Est. copies ≈ 921k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs 2019	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $63k–$168k after Steam's cut $114k–$259k before Steam's cut	$19.99	395 reviews Very Positive	Family FriendlyCasual
People Playground 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.4M–$68.2M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	321k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGore
Blade and Sorcery 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.2M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	62k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRSwordplay
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Battlefield™ 1 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.7M–9.2M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $62.3M–$167.4M after Steam's cut $113.2M–$257.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	228k reviews Very Positive	FPSMultiplayer
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