How much revenue did Metal Gunner make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Metal Gunner sell?

Q: How many copies did Metal Gunner sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut; from 21 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 Metal Gunner out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Metal Gunner's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–116k

best case 155k (Pistol Whip)

Games like Metal Gunner

The middle of these games

≈ 28k–116k copies

≈ $352k–$1.2M 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: Pistol Whip at ≈ 118k–192k copies, ≈ $977k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 756 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 55 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (8 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Rhythm, priced around $30.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 43 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
Pistol Whip 2019	Est. copies ≈ 118k–192k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $977k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Vox Machinae 2022	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $265k–$714k after Steam's cut $483k–$1.1M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	VRMechs
ZomDay 2020	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before the cut	$9.99	834 reviews Very Positive	ZombiesVR
Blaston 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	576 reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerStrategy
Gun Club VR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $117k–$314k after Steam's cut $212k–$482k before the cut	$19.99	698 reviews Mostly Positive	ShooterGun Customization
Raw Data 2017	Est. copies ≈ 86k–139k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $942k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before the cut	$39.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	VRAction
Space Pirate Trainer 2017	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $404k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $734k–$1.7M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields 2020	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $277k–$744k after Steam's cut $503k–$1.1M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	VRShooter