How much revenue did Metal as Phuk make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Metal as Phuk sell?

Q: How many copies did Metal as Phuk sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 251 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$49k before Steam's cut; from 251 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 Metal as Phuk and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Metal as Phuk's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–9k

best case 25k (The Night Fisherman)

Games like Metal as Phuk

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–9k copies

≈ $8k–$45k after Steam's cut

from ~184 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Night Fisherman at ≈ 19k–31k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 79 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 111.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Tactics (5 of 8) and JRPG (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 1 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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