How much revenue did River City Melee : Battle Royal Special make?

$25k–$67k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did River City Melee : Battle Royal Special sell?

Q: How many copies did River City Melee : Battle Royal Special sell?

5k to 7k copies, based on its 131 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–7k; $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before Steam's cut; from 131 reviews (Mixed)

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 River City Melee : Battle Royal Special and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including River City Melee : Battle Royal Special's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–9k

best case 74k (Rollerdrome)

Games like River City Melee : Battle Royal Special

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–9k copies

≈ $22k–$66k after Steam's cut

from ~172 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: Rollerdrome at ≈ 57k–92k copies, ≈ $467k–$1.3M 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 86 reviews in their first month; the range was 19 to 676.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Anime (5 of 8) and Action-Adventure (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Shooter, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Shooter + Arena Shooter + Third-Person Shooter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, 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 38 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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BEYBLADE X XONE 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $59k–$158k after Steam's cut $107k–$243k before Steam's cut	$49.99	172 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionPvE
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Neon Tail 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$44k after Steam's cut $30k–$68k before Steam's cut	$24.99	96 reviews Very Positive	CombatRacing
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