How much revenue did GUNS UP! make?

GUNS UP! is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did GUNS UP! sell?

Q: How many copies did GUNS UP! sell?

203k to 330k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 203k–330k; from 7k reviews (Mostly 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 GUNS UP! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including GUNS UP!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 179k–708k

best case 1.6M (Kingdom Two Crowns)

Games like GUNS UP!

A typical game among these

≈ 179k–708k copies

≈ $1.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Kingdom Two Crowns at ≈ 1.2M–2.0M copies, ≈ $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 472 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Base-Building (6 of 8) and RTS (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + City Builder, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 3 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).

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Tower Dominion 2025	Est. copies ≈ 139k–226k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $669k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$17.49	6k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Warpips 2022	Est. copies ≈ 130k–211k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $605k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$16.99	5k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTower Defense
Kingdom Two Crowns 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	40k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseMinimalist
Taur 2020	Est. copies ≈ 52k–85k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $360k–$968k after Steam's cut $654k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Becastled 2025	Est. copies ≈ 139k–227k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $766k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingStrategy
Diplomacy is Not an Option 2024	Est. copies ≈ 315k–512k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Real-Time with PauseResource Management
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MilitaryCity Builder
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