How much revenue did Critical Zone make?

$367–$986 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Critical Zone sell?

Q: How many copies did Critical Zone sell?

446 to 725 copies, based on its 18 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 446–725; $367–$986 after Steam's cut $667–$2k before the cut; from 18 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 Critical Zone out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Critical Zone's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 249k–765k

best case 5.7M (Stick Fight: The Game)

Games like Critical Zone

The middle of these games

≈ 249k–765k copies

≈ $1.8M–$7.3M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Stick Fight: The Game at ≈ 4.3M–7.0M copies, ≈ $5.9M–$15.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Fighter (8 of 8) and Fighting (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fighting + 2D Fighter, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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 79 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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