How many copies did Metal War Online: Retribution sell?

53k to 87k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Metal War Online: Retribution make?

Metal War Online: Retribution is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Metal War Online: Retribution?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 53k–87k; from 1k 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 Metal War Online: Retribution and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Metal War Online: Retribution's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 879–99k

best case 8.4M (World of Tanks Blitz)

Games like Metal War Online: Retribution

A typical game among these

≈ 879–99k copies

≈ $499–$102k after Steam's cut

from ~289 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: World of Tanks Blitz at ≈ 6.4M–10.4M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 26 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 1k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tanks (6 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tanks + Shooter.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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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Instruments of Destruction 2024	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $215k–$577k after Steam's cut $390k–$888k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	DestructionPhysics
Exo Wanderers 2024	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$10k before Steam's cut	$11.99	31 reviews Positive	Early AccessCasual
Modern Tanks: War Tank Games 2018	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	380 reviews Mixed	TanksFree to Play
Run Tank Run 2023	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $306–$823 after Steam's cut $556–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	15 reviews Positive	RacingIndie
ExoTanks 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	197 reviews Mixed	ActionMassively Multiplayer
Racing Tanks! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$439 after Steam's cut $297–$676 before Steam's cut	$3.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	CasualLocal Multiplayer
Armored Warfare 2017	Est. copies ≈ 185k–301k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Mixed	RealisticShooter
World of Tanks Blitz 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6.4M–10.4M 532x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	153k reviews Mostly Positive	TanksFree to Play