How many copies did Protoball sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 121 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Protoball make?

Protoball is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Protoball?

Estimated owners: ≈ 3k–5k; from 121 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Protoball out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Protoball's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.8M–6.0M

best case 12.0M (VRChat)

The Sports genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 2.8M–6.0M copies

≈ $23.5M–$47.7M after Steam's cut

from ~86k reviews

Best case

≈ 9.1M–14.9M copies

VRChat

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sports (4 of 8) and VR (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Anime.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2023, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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