How much revenue did The Cycle: Frontier make?

The Cycle: Frontier is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did The Cycle: Frontier sell?

Q: How many copies did The Cycle: Frontier sell?

1.1M to 1.8M copies, based on its 45k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.1M–1.8M; from 45k reviews (Mixed)

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 The Cycle: Frontier out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Cycle: Frontier's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–257k

best case 731k (The Day Before)

The Extraction Shooter genre

4 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

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

A typical game

≈ 3k–257k copies

≈ $9k–$41k after Steam's cut

from ~981 reviews

Best case

≈ 557k–905k copies

The Day Before

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Extraction Shooter (7 of 8) and Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Extraction Shooter, priced around $15.
The era: 6 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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

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