How much revenue did Budget Cuts make?

$235k–$632k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Budget Cuts sell?

Q: How many copies did Budget Cuts sell?

57k to 93k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 57k–93k; $235k–$632k after Steam's cut $427k–$972k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Very 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 Budget Cuts and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Budget Cuts's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 137k–421k

best case 2.3M (HITMAN World of Assassination)

Games like Budget Cuts

A typical game among these

≈ 137k–421k copies

≈ $1.7M–$6.6M 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: HITMAN World of Assassination at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies, ≈ $14.2M–$38.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 8 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (7 of 8) and Robots (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + Assassin, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency 2019	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $64k–$171k after Steam's cut $116k–$263k before Steam's cut	$14.99	536 reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction
Sir, You Are Being Hunted 2014	Est. copies ≈ 219k–355k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Survival Stealth
HITMAN World of Assassination 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.3M after Steam's cut $25.9M–$58.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	70k reviews Very Positive	StealthAssassin
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 134k–218k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	VRHorror
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED 2019	Est. copies ≈ 379k–616k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorVR
Fallout 4 VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 302k–490k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	9k reviews Mixed	VROpen World
Job Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 228k–370k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	VRSimulation
Budget Cuts Ultimate 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before Steam's cut	$19.99	117 reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure