How much revenue did MAGICAL BEAT make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MAGICAL BEAT sell?

Q: How many copies did MAGICAL BEAT sell?

744 to 1k copies, based on its 30 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 744–1k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 30 reviews (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 MAGICAL BEAT and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MAGICAL BEAT's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 327k–654k

best case 921k (AudioSurf)

Games like MAGICAL BEAT

A typical game among these

≈ 327k–654k copies

≈ $1.9M–$2.9M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: AudioSurf at ≈ 702k–1.1M copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rhythm (7 of 8) and Arcade (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Rhythm, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 to 2023, 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
AudioSurf 2008	Est. copies ≈ 702k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MusicRhythm
Waveform 2012	Est. copies ≈ 135k–220k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $74k–$199k after Steam's cut $134k–$306k before Steam's cut	$1.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle
Audiosurf 2 2015	Est. copies ≈ 295k–480k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
Road to Ballhalla 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $74k–$198k after Steam's cut $134k–$304k before Steam's cut	$14.99	429 reviews Very Positive	ComedyFunny
Vectronom 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$108k before Steam's cut	$9.99	329 reviews Very Positive	RhythmPuzzle-Platformer
LUMINES REMASTERED 2018	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $99k–$267k after Steam's cut $180k–$410k before Steam's cut	$14.99	791 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Melatonin 2022	Est. copies ≈ 203k–330k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $838k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	RhythmIndie
The Jackbox Party Pack 10 2023	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $128k–$345k after Steam's cut $233k–$530k before Steam's cut	$29.99	627 reviews Mixed	CasualParty