How much revenue did Money Theft make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Money Theft sell?

Q: How many copies did Money Theft sell?

818 to 1k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 818–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 33 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 Money Theft and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Money Theft's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–37.5M

best case 125.7M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

Games like Money Theft

A typical game among these

≈ 2.1M–37.5M copies

≈ $28.4M–$32.6M after Steam's cut

from ~136k 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: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 95.8M–155.7M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 2k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Third-Person Shooter (5 of 8) and 3D Fighter (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 95.8M–155.7M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.8M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
Steel Warrior 2024	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$438 after Steam's cut $297–$674 before Steam's cut	$1.99	12 reviews Mixed	Third-Person ShooterHidden Object
Grandfather Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $624–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$1.99	46 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualRPG
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.8M–$50.6M after Steam's cut $34.2M–$77.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	69k reviews Very Positive	Story RichOpen World
Quantum Break 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.3M after Steam's cut $25.9M–$58.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	31k reviews Very Positive	ActionStory Rich
Z1 Battle Royale 2018	Est. copies ≈ 6.2M–10.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	202k reviews Mixed	SurvivalMassively Multiplayer
Town Fall Zombie 2020	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $95–$254 after Steam's cut $172–$391 before Steam's cut	$0.99	14 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessSimulation
Zombies In Valkeala 2025	Est. copies ≈ 818–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $673–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$2.99	33 reviews Mixed	CasualAction