How much revenue did Trombone Champ make?

An estimated 1.1M to 2.9M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trombone Champ sell?

Q: How many copies did Trombone Champ sell?

An estimated 265k to 431k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 265k–431k; $1.1M–$2.9M net $2.0M–$4.5M gross; from 11k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Trombone Champ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trombone Champ's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 141k–759k

best case 4.4M (Helltaker)

The Indie lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 223k copies.

A typical game

≈ 223k copies

≈ $1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

Best case

≈ 4.4M copies

Helltaker

from 128k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Free to Play + Cute, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2011 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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