How much revenue did Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved make?

$77k–$208k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved sell?

Q: How many copies did Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved sell?

70k to 115k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 70k–115k; $77k–$208k after Steam's cut $141k–$320k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 88k–132k

best case 586k (UBERMOSH)

Games like Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

A typical game among these

≈ 88k–132k copies

≈ $254k–$553k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: UBERMOSH at ≈ 446k–726k copies, ≈ $613k–$1.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Twin Stick Shooter (5 of 8) and Bullet Hell (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 79 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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