How much revenue did Code51:Mecha Arena make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Code51:Mecha Arena sell?

Q: How many copies did Code51:Mecha Arena sell?

973 to 2k copies, based on its 32 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 973–2k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k 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 Code51:Mecha Arena and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Code51:Mecha Arena's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34k–1.7M

best case 9.3M (Titanfall® 2)

Games like Code51:Mecha Arena

A typical game among these

≈ 34k–1.7M copies

≈ $326k–$15.2M after Steam's cut

from ~19k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Titanfall® 2 at ≈ 7.1M–11.6M copies, ≈ $58.7M–$158.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 38k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (7 of 8) and Mechs (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Mechs, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 2 of the 7 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 43 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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SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
BONEWORKS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.8M–$35.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics
Pavlov 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.9M–$18.6M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	VRShooter
Vox Machinae 2022	Est. copies ≈ 32k–53k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $267k–$717k after Steam's cut $485k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	VRMechs
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ARMS DOLL 2022	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$18.99	40 reviews Positive	ActionVR
Titanfall® 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.6M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $58.7M–$158.0M after Steam's cut $106.8M–$243.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	287k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSMechs
IRON REBELLION 2024	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $147k–$395k after Steam's cut $267k–$607k before Steam's cut	$24.99	861 reviews Very Positive	VRMechs