How much revenue did Red Trigger make?

$161k–$432k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Red Trigger sell?

Q: How many copies did Red Trigger sell?

84k to 136k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 84k–136k; $161k–$432k after Steam's cut $292k–$665k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Red Trigger and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Red Trigger's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 127k–4.6M

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like Red Trigger

A typical game among these

≈ 127k–4.6M copies

≈ $475k–$34.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (7 of 8) and 3D Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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 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
Portal 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.6M–20.5M 55x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.6M–$93.1M after Steam's cut $63.0M–$143.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	199k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Supraland 2019	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerExploration
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 128x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Hamilton's Great Adventure 2011	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62k–$167k after Steam's cut $113k–$256k before Steam's cut	$9.99	357 reviews Mostly Positive	Local Co-OpAdventure
DeadCore 2014	Est. copies ≈ 114k–186k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $314k–$845k after Steam's cut $571k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAction
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $955k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerParkour
The Ball 2010	Est. copies ≈ 73k–119k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $201k–$541k after Steam's cut $366k–$832k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	3D PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
Grimhook 2023	Est. copies ≈ 105k–170k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionAdventure