How much revenue did Blood Waves make?

$17k–$44k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blood Waves sell?

Q: How many copies did Blood Waves sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 198 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $17k–$44k after Steam's cut $30k–$68k before Steam's cut; from 198 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 Blood Waves and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blood Waves's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 475k–831k

best case 4.6M (Fallout 76)

Games like Blood Waves

A typical game among these

≈ 475k–831k copies

≈ $3.6M–$5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: Fallout 76 at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $38.4M–$103.3M 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 9k reviews in their first month; the range was 337 to 35k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (8 of 8) and Open World (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Post-apocalyptic, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Dark Comedy + Capitalism + RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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Fallout 76 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $38.4M–$103.3M after Steam's cut $69.8M–$158.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	141k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldMultiplayer
How to Survive 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 458k–745k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Mixed	SurvivalZombies
Sunkenland 2023	Est. copies ≈ 595k–967k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	24k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessOpen World Survival Craft
The Front 2025	Est. copies ≈ 266k–432k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mixed	Early AccessOpen World Survival Craft
Deadside 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.9M–$18.6M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	41k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
XERA: Survival 2021	Est. copies ≈ 197k–320k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mixed	Base-BuildingOpen World Survival Craft
SurrounDead 2022	Est. copies ≈ 671k–1.1M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$11.99	27k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesSurvival
Subsistence 2016	Est. copies ≈ 576k–936k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$13.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival