How much revenue did Biodrone Battle make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Biodrone Battle sell?

Q: How many copies did Biodrone Battle sell?

14k to 22k copies, based on its 283 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–22k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut; from 283 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 Biodrone Battle and predicted how it would do from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Biodrone Battle's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17.7M–37.3M

best case 125.7M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

Games like Biodrone Battle

A typical game among these

≈ 17.7M–37.3M copies

≈ $85.4M–$210.5M after Steam's cut

from ~587k 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 6 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 95.8M–155.7M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (4 of 6) and Open World (3 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2026, and 1 of the 6 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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