How much revenue did Killsquad make?

$715k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Killsquad sell?

Q: How many copies did Killsquad sell?

87k to 141k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 87k–141k; $715k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Killsquad and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Killsquad's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 259k–2.3M

best case 3.9M (Brotato)

Games like Killsquad

A typical game among these

≈ 259k–2.3M copies

≈ $1.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Hack and Slash (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: Brotato at ≈ 3.0M–4.8M copies, ≈ $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hack and Slash (3 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-like + Action Roguelike, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, and none of them 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).

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RUINER 2017	Est. copies ≈ 431k–700k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkAction
Darksiders Genesis 2019	Est. copies ≈ 396k–643k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	14k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	119k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $363k–$976k after Steam's cut $660k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$11.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionTop-Down
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
King of Crabs 2023	Est. copies ≈ 226k–367k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9k reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationPvE
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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpCo-op