How much revenue did Music Killer make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Music Killer sell?

Q: How many copies did Music Killer sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 453 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut; from 453 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 Music Killer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Music Killer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 285k–418k

best case 4.6M (Muse Dash)

Games like Music Killer

A typical game among these

≈ 285k–418k copies

≈ $1.6M–$4.7M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 303 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rhythm (8 of 8) and Music (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Rhythm, priced around $3. The breakout hits carry Cute + Sexual Content + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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McOsu 2017	Est. copies ≈ 220k–358k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	RhythmFree to Play
Rhythm Rush! 2017	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$0.99	179 reviews Mixed	ActionIndie
MUSYNX 2018	Est. copies ≈ 207k–336k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $227k–$610k after Steam's cut $413k–$939k before Steam's cut	$3.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Metal: Hellsinger 2022	Est. copies ≈ 423k–688k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.3M–$14.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rhythm FPS
Rock Star Life Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $46k–$124k after Steam's cut $84k–$190k before Steam's cut	$12.49	540 reviews Very Positive	Life SimMusic
AGAINST 2025	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$178k before Steam's cut	$19.99	315 reviews Mostly Positive	ShooterAction
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 283k–461k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rhythm
Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 13x 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