How much revenue did Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) make?

$321k–$862k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) sell?

Q: How many copies did Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) sell?

78k to 126k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 78k–126k; $321k–$862k after Steam's cut $583k–$1.3M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 26k–247k

best case 1.0M (Just Shapes & Beats)

Games like Afterbeat (Project Arrhythmia)

A typical game among these

≈ 26k–247k copies

≈ $99k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Just Shapes & Beats at ≈ 795k–1.3M copies, ≈ $4.4M–$11.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Music (8 of 8) and Rhythm (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Music, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Just Shapes & Beats 2018	Est. copies ≈ 795k–1.3M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.8M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$18.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmGreat Soundtrack
Beat Hazard 2010	Est. copies ≈ 471k–765k 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic-Based Procedural Generation
Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost 2024	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $341k–$916k after Steam's cut $619k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MusicAction
Beat Hazard 3 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $93k–$249k after Steam's cut $169k–$383k before Steam's cut	$19.99	680 reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic-Based Procedural Generation
The Polynomial - Space of the music 2010	Est. copies ≈ 32k–51k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $61k–$163k after Steam's cut $110k–$251k before Steam's cut	$6.99	500 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieMusic
Symphony 2012	Est. copies ≈ 94k–153k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $130k–$348k after Steam's cut $236k–$536k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	MusicIndie
Beat Da Beat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before Steam's cut	$1.99	489 reviews Very Positive	IndieBullet Hell
DubWars 2016	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before Steam's cut	$9.99	290 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual