How much revenue did Viscerafest make?

$97k–$260k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Viscerafest sell?

Q: How many copies did Viscerafest sell?

18k to 29k copies, based on its 708 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–29k; $97k–$260k after Steam's cut $175k–$399k before the cut; from 708 reviews (Very 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 Viscerafest out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Viscerafest's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 143k–277k

best case 372k (BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE)

Games like Viscerafest

The middle of these games

≈ 143k–277k copies

≈ $1.0M–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE at ≈ 283k–460k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 151 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (8 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Rhythm, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2025, and 2 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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BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 283k–460k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before the cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rhythm
Beyond Citadel 2025	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $470k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $854k–$1.9M before the cut	$14.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSFemale Protagonist
Ion Fury 2019	Est. copies ≈ 195k–317k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Quake III Arena 2007	Est. copies ≈ 258k–420k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSArena Shooter
The Citadel 2020	Est. copies ≈ 77k–124k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $316k–$849k after Steam's cut $574k–$1.3M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FPSRetro
Selaco 2024	Est. copies ≈ 126k–205k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $869k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	FPSShooter
Unreal Gold 2008	Est. copies ≈ 162k–264k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	ClassicFPS
Nightmare Reaper 2022	Est. copies ≈ 94k–153k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $645k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS