How much revenue did Diesel Guns make?

$29k–$78k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Diesel Guns sell?

Q: How many copies did Diesel Guns sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 316 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$119k before Steam's cut; from 316 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 Diesel Guns and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Diesel Guns's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 154k–360k

best case 3.2M (Crossout)

Games like Diesel Guns

A typical game among these

≈ 154k–360k copies

≈ $1.2M–$4.2M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Crossout at ≈ 2.4M–3.9M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 148 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (6 of 8) and Automobile Sim (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third Person + Gun Customization. The breakout hits carry Third Person + Gun Customization + Crafting; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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