How much revenue did Born Punk make?

$22k–$59k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Born Punk sell?

Q: How many copies did Born Punk sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 161 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$91k before Steam's cut; from 161 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 Born Punk and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Born Punk's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 308k–1.3M

best case 2.1M (VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action)

Games like Born Punk

A typical game among these

≈ 308k–1.3M copies

≈ $1.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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 Comedy (4 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: VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action at ≈ 1.6M–2.6M copies, ≈ $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Comedy (4 of 8) and Cyberpunk (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cyberpunk + Visual Novel, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 79 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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Jazzpunk: Director's Cut 2014	Est. copies ≈ 465k–756k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ComedyIndie
Haven 2020	Est. copies ≈ 152k–246k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RomanceAction-Adventure
Rock of Ages 2011	Est. copies ≈ 259k–422k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $713k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ComedyStrategy
Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.2M–$13.9M after Steam's cut $9.4M–$21.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	20k reviews Very Positive	FPS1980s
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CyberpunkVisual Novel
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream 2013	Est. copies ≈ 256k–416k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $704k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickAdventure
Hi-Fi RUSH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 893k–1.5M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.8M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmAction
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