How much revenue did Metal Strike make?

$33k–$88k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Metal Strike sell?

Q: How many copies did Metal Strike sell?

595 to 967 copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 595–967; $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $59k–$135k before the cut; from 24 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 Strike out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Metal Strike's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–2k

best case 860k (Punch Club)

Games like Metal Strike

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–2k copies

≈ $660–$16k after Steam's cut

from ~45 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Punch Club at ≈ 656k–1.1M copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 10 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 19.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Fighter (5 of 8) and Arcade (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Time Management, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Management + Pixel Graphics + Time Management; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Punch Club 2016	Est. copies ≈ 656k–1.1M 350x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before the cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	ManagementPixel Graphics
Super Meddl Boy 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $358–$962 after Steam's cut $650–$1k before the cut	$0.99	53 reviews Very Positive	Exploration2D Platformer
Unusual Ghost 2023	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $196–$527 after Steam's cut $356–$810 before the cut	$0.99	29 reviews Mixed	CasualAdventure
Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before the cut	$14.99	86 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie
Knight Story 2022	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $50k–$136k after Steam's cut $92k–$209k before the cut	$199.99	37 reviews Mixed	ActionAdventure
Altitude 2009	Est. copies ≈ 123k–199k 43x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFlight
Gachi Dungeon Master 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before the cut	$2.99	66 reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
街机三国 2024	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	19 reviews Mostly Negative	IdlerRetro