How many copies did Waves sell?

An estimated 81k to 132k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Waves make?

Waves is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Waves?

Estimated owners: ≈ 81k–132k; from 2k 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 Waves out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Waves's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 518k–1.7M

best case 4.7M (Enter the Gungeon)

The Action Roguelike lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 874k copies.

A typical game

≈ 874k copies

≈ $4.4M after Steam's cut

from ~23k reviews

Best case

≈ 4.7M copies

Enter the Gungeon · ≈ $27.2M after Steam's cut

from 89k 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 Bullet Hell + Action Roguelike, priced around $15.
The games you compared span 2010 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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