How much revenue did Gnumz: Masters of Defense make?

$40k–$108k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gnumz: Masters of Defense sell?

Q: How many copies did Gnumz: Masters of Defense sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 199 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before Steam's cut; from 199 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 Gnumz: Masters of Defense and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gnumz: Masters of Defense's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 670–17k

best case 45k (Mind Spheres)

Games like Gnumz: Masters of Defense

A typical game among these

≈ 670–17k copies

≈ $486–$89k after Steam's cut

from ~50 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mind Spheres at ≈ 35k–56k copies, ≈ $47k–$128k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 7 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 13.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Sports (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Physics, priced around $5.
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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