How much revenue did USA 2020 make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did USA 2020 sell?

Q: How many copies did USA 2020 sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 262 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut; from 262 reviews (Mostly 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 USA 2020 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including USA 2020's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 211k–543k

best case 19.8M (Hearts of Iron IV)

Games like USA 2020

A typical game among these

≈ 211k–543k copies

≈ $607k–$2.6M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Bullet Hell (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Hearts of Iron IV at ≈ 15.1M–24.6M copies, ≈ $207.7M–$558.4M 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 Bullet Hell (3 of 8) and Shooter (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with World War II + Grand Strategy, priced around $50. The breakout hits carry Strategy + World War II + Grand Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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 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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Wolfenstein: Youngblood 2019	Est. copies ≈ 460k–747k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Mixed	ActionCo-op
Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded 2009	Est. copies ≈ 228k–371k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $313k–$842k after Steam's cut $569k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AliensLooter Shooter
永远消失的幻想乡～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo 2018	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $329k–$885k after Steam's cut $598k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$10.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AnimeBullet Hell
Hunt Down The Freeman 2018	Est. copies ≈ 138k–224k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $379k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $689k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Mixed	Walking Simulator Souls-like
Hearts of Iron IV 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.1M–24.6M 58x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $207.7M–$558.4M after Steam's cut $377.6M–$859.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	363k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
12 is Better Than 6 2015	Est. copies ≈ 504k–820k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ActionShooter
Die Erdnussbutter 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $398–$1k after Steam's cut $724–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	59 reviews Very Positive	ArcadeAction
DEEP SPACE WAIFU 2017	Est. copies ≈ 275k–446k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Sexual ContentNudity