How much revenue did Gun Chain make?

$81–$218 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gun Chain sell?

Q: How many copies did Gun Chain sell?

298 to 484 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 298–484; $81–$218 after Steam's cut $148–$335 before Steam's cut; from 12 reviews (Mixed)

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 Gun Chain and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gun Chain's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 165k–390k

best case 677k (Bejeweled® 3)

Games like Gun Chain

A typical game among these

≈ 165k–390k copies

≈ $1.1M–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Bejeweled® 3 at ≈ 516k–838k copies, ≈ $708k–$1.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 166 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Match 3 (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Match 3, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Wall Shooter 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $138–$368 after Steam's cut $250–$566 before Steam's cut	$9.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	IndieVR
Constricting Cubes 2016	Est. copies ≈ 624–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $170–$457 after Steam's cut $309–$703 before Steam's cut	$0.99	15 reviews Mixed	StrategyAction
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 134k–218k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	VRHorror
Bejeweled® 3 2010	Est. copies ≈ 516k–838k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $708k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
The Room VR: A Dark Matter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Bubbbles 2022	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $205–$549 after Steam's cut $372–$845 before Steam's cut	$4.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	StrategyMatch 3
Zuma's Revenge! 2009	Est. copies ≈ 224k–364k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $307k–$826k after Steam's cut $559k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	CasualAction
Boxed In 2017	Est. copies ≈ 413–671 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $567–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	12 reviews Positive	CasualIndie