How much revenue did Things That Bounce and Explode make?

$599–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Things That Bounce and Explode sell?

Q: How many copies did Things That Bounce and Explode sell?

546 to 887 copies, based on its 22 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 546–887; $599–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut; from 22 reviews (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 Things That Bounce and Explode out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Things That Bounce and Explode's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 21k–224k

best case 870k (Soulstone Survivors)

Games like Things That Bounce and Explode

The middle of these games

≈ 21k–224k copies

≈ $134k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Soulstone Survivors at ≈ 663k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 475 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 176 to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action RPG (7 of 8) and Arcade (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $15.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 36 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
Nova Drift 2024	Est. copies ≈ 361k–587k 9.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before the cut	$17.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeArena Shooter
Heretical 2024	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $105k–$283k after Steam's cut $192k–$436k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Soulstone Survivors 2025	Est. copies ≈ 663k–1.1M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before the cut	$14.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Reality Break 2025	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $123k–$330k after Steam's cut $223k–$508k before the cut	$24.99	720 reviews Very Positive	Action RPGSci-fi
Devious Dungeon 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $48k–$108k before the cut	$7.99	413 reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike2D Platformer
SNKRX 2021	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $88k–$238k after Steam's cut $161k–$366k before the cut	$2.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Sir Whoopass™: Immortal Death 2022	Est. copies ≈ 48k–77k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $222k–$598k after Steam's cut $404k–$920k before the cut	$16.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction RPG
Raid Auctus 2025	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $28k–$63k before the cut	$4.99	451 reviews Mixed	ClickerRPG