How much revenue did Retrowave make?

An estimated 303k to 815k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Retrowave sell?

Q: How many copies did Retrowave sell?

An estimated 369k to 599k copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 369k–599k; $303k–$815k net $551k–$1.3M gross; from 15k 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 Retrowave out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Retrowave's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 129k–166k

best case 243k (OutDrive)

The Indie lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 145k copies.

A typical game

≈ 145k copies

≈ $319k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Best case

≈ 243k copies

OutDrive · ≈ $281k after Steam's cut

from 5k reviews

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is too small to compare.

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 Racing + Indie, priced around $3.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Gold ($250k–$1M before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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