How much revenue did Akuto: Showdown make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Akuto: Showdown sell?

Q: How many copies did Akuto: Showdown sell?

922 to 1k copies, based on its 32 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 922–1k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 32 reviews (Mostly 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 Akuto: Showdown and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Akuto: Showdown's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–3.5M

best case 3.9M (Last Epoch)

Games like Akuto: Showdown

A typical game among these

≈ 1.4M–3.5M copies

≈ $4.9M–$49.5M after Steam's cut

from ~59k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Arena Shooter (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Last Epoch at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $28.3M–$76.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 234 to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arena Shooter (4 of 8) and Gore (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Loot, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, 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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Yet Another Zombie Defense HD 2017	Est. copies ≈ 128k–208k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $140k–$377k after Steam's cut $255k–$580k before Steam's cut	$3.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesTop-Down Shooter
Quake Champions 2022	Est. copies ≈ 972k–1.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.2M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	39k reviews Mostly Positive	Arena ShooterHero Shooter
The Last Man Survivor 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$42k before Steam's cut	$4.99	296 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeDark Fantasy
Diablo® IV 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $26.8M–$72.1M after Steam's cut $48.8M–$111.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	79k reviews Mixed	Action RPGHack and Slash
Last Epoch 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $28.3M–$76.0M after Steam's cut $51.4M–$116.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	118k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RPGLoot
Hatred 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before Steam's cut	$5.99	30k reviews Very Positive	GoreViolent
Splitgate 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	110k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayFPS
Wasteland 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 557k–904k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	22k reviews Very Positive	CRPGCharacter Customization