How much revenue did BallisticNG make?

$471k–$1.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BallisticNG sell?

Q: How many copies did BallisticNG sell?

114k to 186k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 114k–186k; $471k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $856k–$1.9M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 BallisticNG and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BallisticNG's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k

best case 32k (Aero GPX)

Games like BallisticNG

A typical game among these

≈ 1k copies

≈ $2k–$7k after Steam's cut

from ~39 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Aero GPX at ≈ 24k–39k copies, ≈ $132k–$355k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 86 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 555.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Combat Racing (6 of 8) and Racing (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Combat Racing, priced around $15.
When they shipped: Only 2 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Dieselpunk Wars 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before Steam's cut	$14.99	155 reviews Mixed	SandboxBuilding
Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before Steam's cut	$7.99	238 reviews Very Positive	RacingAction
Omega Pilot 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$49k before Steam's cut	$14.99	115 reviews Mostly Positive	RacingVR
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