How much revenue did Rain of Arrows make?

$305–$826 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rain of Arrows sell?

Q: How many copies did Rain of Arrows sell?

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

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $305–$826 after Steam's cut $555–$1k before Steam's cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Only 3 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Rain of Arrows and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rain of Arrows's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 236–508

best case 365k (The Lab)

Games like Rain of Arrows

A typical game among these

≈ 236–508 copies

≈ $601–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~12 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: The Lab at ≈ 278k–452k copies. 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 4 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 573.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (7 of 8) and Archery (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Action + Simulation; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 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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Peace Maker VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $238–$642 after Steam's cut $433–$988 before Steam's cut	$6.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	VROn-Rails Shooter
The Lab 2016	Est. copies ≈ 278k–452k 582x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayVR
Holopoint 2016	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k 61x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $88k–$237k after Steam's cut $160k–$365k before Steam's cut	$10.99	702 reviews Very Positive	SportsVR
Elven Assassin 2022	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k 57x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $89k–$240k after Steam's cut $163k–$370k before Steam's cut	$19.99	656 reviews Very Positive	ActionVR
In Death 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k 86x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $249k–$670k after Steam's cut $453k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	994 reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Archery RED 2024	Est. copies ≈ 198–322 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $544–$1k after Steam's cut $989–$2k before Steam's cut	$9.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	Early AccessRobots
PlanTechtor 2019	Est. copies ≈ 432–702 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $355–$955 after Steam's cut $646–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	15 reviews Positive	ActionIndie
FERD 2022	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$19.99	15 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAdventure