How much revenue did Blasters of the Universe make?

Blasters of the Universe is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Blasters of the Universe sell?

Q: How many copies did Blasters of the Universe sell?

8k to 14k copies, based on its 242 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–14k; from 242 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 Blasters of the Universe and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blasters of the Universe's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–32k

best case 156k (Pistol Whip)

Games like Blasters of the Universe

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–32k copies

≈ $15k–$307k after Steam's cut

from ~250 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Pistol Whip at ≈ 119k–193k copies, ≈ $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 67 reviews in their first month; the range was 18 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 VR (8 of 8) and FPS (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Rhythm, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2023, and none of them 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
A Legend of Luca 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before Steam's cut	$9.99	204 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
Wadality 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$12.99	83 reviews Very Positive	ShooterSandbox
Pistol Whip 2019	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Blaston 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	577 reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerStrategy
COMPOUND 2022	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $292k–$786k after Steam's cut $531k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-lite
MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before Steam's cut	$19.99	295 reviews Very Positive	ActionRogue-lite
OPERATION SERPENS 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut	$12.99	104 reviews Very Positive	VROnline Co-Op
ARK and ADE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$24k before Steam's cut	$9.99	84 reviews Very Positive	Old SchoolRetro