How much revenue did 12 MiniBattles make?

$340–$915 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 12 MiniBattles sell?

Q: How many copies did 12 MiniBattles sell?

248 to 403 copies, based on its 10 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 248–403; $340–$915 after Steam's cut $619–$1k before the cut; from 10 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 12 MiniBattles out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 12 MiniBattles's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 43k–266k

best case 267k (Lethal League Blaze)

Games like 12 MiniBattles

The middle of these games

≈ 43k–266k copies

≈ $187k–$1.9M 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.

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Lethal League Blaze at ≈ 203k–330k copies, ≈ $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 209 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 459.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Fighter (6 of 8) and Sports (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2D Fighter + Sports, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2023, and none of them 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 70 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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Lethal League Blaze 2018	Est. copies ≈ 203k–330k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionIndie
Lethal League 2014	Est. copies ≈ 340k–552k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before the cut	$13.99	6k reviews Very Positive	FightingLocal Multiplayer
Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow 2015	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $100k–$269k after Steam's cut $182k–$414k before the cut	$9.99	746 reviews Very Positive	2D FighterAction
TowerFall Ascension 2014	Est. copies ≈ 202k–329k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $834k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Local MultiplayerIndie
Holopoint 2016	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $88k–$237k after Steam's cut $160k–$365k before the cut	$10.99	701 reviews Very Positive	SportsVR
Rushdown Revolt 2020	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
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Metal Strike 2020	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $59k–$135k before the cut	$199.99	24 reviews Mostly Negative	ActionCasual