How much revenue did Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! make?

$13k–$35k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! sell?

Q: How many copies did Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 76 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before Steam's cut; from 76 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 Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 194k–281k

best case 4.6M (Muse Dash)

Games like Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash!

A typical game among these

≈ 194k–281k copies

≈ $1.2M–$1.6M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

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

Best case: Muse Dash at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut. 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 821 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Female Protagonist (8 of 8) and Rhythm (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Female Protagonist, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Cute + Sexual Content; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before Steam's cut	$2.99	122k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
Sayonara Wild Hearts 2019	Est. copies ≈ 257k–418k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $920k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$12.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackRhythm
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 590k–959k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.2M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.5M before Steam's cut	$39.39	24k reviews Very Positive	RhythmAnime
Crypt of the NecroDancer 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmFemale Protagonist
En Garde! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 122k–199k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $673k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SwordplayFemale Protagonist
Bayonetta 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
Melody's Escape 2016	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $998k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Music-Based Procedural GenerationRhythm
Rift of the NecroDancer 2025	Est. copies ≈ 156k–254k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $859k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMinigames