How much revenue did Shadowplay: Metropolis Foe make?

Shadowplay: Metropolis Foe is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Shadowplay: Metropolis Foe sell?

Q: How many copies did Shadowplay: Metropolis Foe sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 193 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; from 193 reviews (Mostly 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 Shadowplay: Metropolis Foe out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shadowplay: Metropolis Foe's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–47k

best case 154k (Skillshot City)

Games like Shadowplay: Metropolis Foe

The middle of these games

≈ 8k–47k copies

≈ $24k–$237k after Steam's cut

from ~362 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Skillshot City at ≈ 117k–191k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 211 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 62 to 757.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Deckbuilding (7 of 8) and Card Battler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Battle Royale + Rogue-lite.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 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 52 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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Zero Division 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$106k before the cut	$12.99	289 reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerCard Game
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