How much revenue did SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising make?

$2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising sell?

Q: How many copies did SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising sell?

398k to 647k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 398k–647k; $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut; from 13k 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 SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 618k–1.3M

best case 3.9M (Brotato)

Games like SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising

A typical game among these

≈ 618k–1.3M copies

≈ $1.8M–$5.9M after Steam's cut

from ~25k 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: Brotato at ≈ 3.0M–4.8M copies, ≈ $4.1M–$10.9M 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 18k reviews in their first month; the range was 769 to 42k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Bullet Hell (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-like + Action Roguelike, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Local Co-Op + Rogue-like + Sci-fi; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 2 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 61 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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Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	119k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
Tiny Rogues 2022	Est. copies ≈ 267k–435k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $735k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 724k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $993k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.8M–$17.8M before Steam's cut	$12.99	49k reviews Very Positive	DwarfAction Roguelike
Yet Another Zombie Survivors 2026	Est. copies ≈ 386k–628k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
HoloCure - Save the Fans! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsBullet Hell
Nuclear Throne 2015	Est. copies ≈ 967k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$11.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like