How much revenue did Community College Hero: Trial by Fire make?

$17k–$46k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Community College Hero: Trial by Fire sell?

Q: How many copies did Community College Hero: Trial by Fire sell?

12k to 20k copies, based on its 255 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–20k; $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before Steam's cut; from 255 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 Community College Hero: Trial by Fire and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Community College Hero: Trial by Fire's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 367–14k

best case 19k (Fallen Hero: Rebirth)

Games like Community College Hero: Trial by Fire

A typical game among these

≈ 367–14k copies

≈ $741–$35k after Steam's cut

from ~48 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: Fallen Hero: Rebirth at ≈ 14k–23k copies, ≈ $28k–$75k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 37.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choose Your Own Adventure (8 of 8) and Text-Based (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Text-Based + Choose Your Own Adventure, priced around $7.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 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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On the Run: Rogue Heroes 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $367–$989 after Steam's cut $668–$2k before Steam's cut	$5.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	RPGInteractive Fiction
Unsupervised 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$7.99	72 reviews Mostly Positive	SuperheroAdventure
Top Villain: Total Domination 2023	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $939–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$5.99	23 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGChoose Your Own Adventure
Skystrike: Wings of Justice 2022	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $382–$1k after Steam's cut $695–$2k before Steam's cut	$7.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	RPGChoose Your Own Adventure
Heroes Rise: The Hero Project 2014	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before Steam's cut	$5.99	173 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieRPG
Heroes Rise: The Prodigy 2014	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $31k–$83k after Steam's cut $56k–$128k before Steam's cut	$4.99	403 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGChoose Your Own Adventure
Community College Hero: Fun and Games 2022	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $744–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	12 reviews Positive	AdventureRPG
Fallen Hero: Rebirth 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 10x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $50k–$115k before Steam's cut	$6.99	475 reviews Very Positive	Text-BasedIndie