How much revenue did Beat Hazard make?

$1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beat Hazard sell?

Q: How many copies did Beat Hazard sell?

471k to 765k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471k–765k; $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut; from 7k 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 Beat Hazard and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beat Hazard's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 382–10k

best case 85k (Beat Hazard 2)

Games like Beat Hazard

A typical game among these

≈ 382–10k copies

≈ $289–$69k after Steam's cut

from ~79 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Beat Hazard 2 at ≈ 65k–106k copies, ≈ $340k–$914k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 12 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 446.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rhythm (8 of 8) and Twin Stick Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Music-Based Procedural Generation, priced around $19.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 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 36 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
Beat Hazard 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 65k–106k 29x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $340k–$914k after Steam's cut $618k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$18.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic-Based Procedural Generation
Soundsaber 2024	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before Steam's cut	$4.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Music-Based Procedural GenerationAction
City of Beats 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before Steam's cut	$19.99	141 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGTop-Down
Dead Beats Survivors 2025	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69–$184 after Steam's cut $125–$283 before Steam's cut	$4.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
Two Brain Sides 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $115–$309 after Steam's cut $209–$475 before Steam's cut	$0.99	17 reviews Positive	DifficultColorful
Beat Hazard 3 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k 8.6x vs typical 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
Groov 2021	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $285–$767 after Steam's cut $519–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	14 reviews Positive	ActionShooter
Temp Zero 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before Steam's cut	$4.99	172 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRhythm