How much revenue did Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space make?

$4k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space sell?

Q: How many copies did Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space sell?

818 to 1k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 818–1k; $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut; from 33 reviews (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 Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 574–2k

best case 40k (Out of Ammo)

Games like Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space

A typical game among these

≈ 574–2k copies

≈ $4k after Steam's cut

from ~20 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Out of Ammo at ≈ 31k–50k copies, ≈ $84k–$226k 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 10 reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 10.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (7 of 8) and VR (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + FPS, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Strategy + Real Time Tactics + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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