How much revenue did American Theft 80s make?

$145k–$390k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did American Theft 80s sell?

Q: How many copies did American Theft 80s sell?

26k to 43k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 26k–43k; $145k–$390k after Steam's cut $264k–$600k before the cut; from 1k 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 American Theft 80s out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including American Theft 80s's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 86k–91k

best case 95k (The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time)

Games like American Theft 80s

The middle of these games

≈ 86k–91k copies

≈ $409k–$604k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time at ≈ 73k–118k copies, ≈ $299k–$804k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 40 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 17 to 3k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Heist (7 of 8) and Action-Adventure (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Heist + Comedy, priced around $15.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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