How much revenue did ReversEstory make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ReversEstory sell?

Q: How many copies did ReversEstory sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 94 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut; from 94 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 ReversEstory out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ReversEstory's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 456–968

best case 358k (Returnal™)

Games like ReversEstory

The middle of these games

≈ 456–968 copies

≈ $2k–$5k after Steam's cut

from ~26 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Returnal™ at ≈ 273k–443k copies, ≈ $4.5M–$12.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 4k reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (5 of 8) and Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike, priced around $32. The breakout hits carry Co-op + Female Protagonist + Online Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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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Returnal™ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 273k–443k 423x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.5M–$12.1M after Steam's cut $8.2M–$18.6M before the cut	$59.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ActionBullet Hell
99 Levels To Hell 2014	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k 23x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $47k–$125k after Steam's cut $85k–$193k before the cut	$4.99	607 reviews Mixed	IndieArcade
Dead Hook 2024	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$19.99	23 reviews Mixed	ActionAdventure
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