How much revenue did Smash Crates make?

$272–$731 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Smash Crates sell?

Q: How many copies did Smash Crates sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $272–$731 after Steam's cut $494–$1k before the cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Thin evidence: 8 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.5M–4.0M

best case 4.4M (Mortal Kombat 11)

Games like Smash Crates

The middle of these games

≈ 2.5M–4.0M copies

≈ $24.4M–$67.6M after Steam's cut

from ~69k 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: Mortal Kombat 11 at ≈ 3.3M–5.4M copies, ≈ $45.9M–$123.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Fighting (8 of 8) and 2D Fighter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fighting + Gore, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 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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DRAGON BALL FighterZ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $38.5M–$103.4M after Steam's cut $69.9M–$159.1M before the cut	$59.99	77k reviews Very Positive	FightingAnime
Street Fighter™ 6 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.5M–$57.8M after Steam's cut $39.1M–$89.0M before the cut	$39.99	79k reviews Very Positive	2D FighterFighting
Mortal Kombat 11 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.4M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $45.9M–$123.5M after Steam's cut $83.5M–$190.0M before the cut	$49.99	116k reviews Very Positive	FightingGore
Mortal Kombat X 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.3M–$43.8M after Steam's cut $29.6M–$67.4M before the cut	$19.99	61k reviews Very Positive	FightingGore
Skullgirls 2nd Encore 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.0M–$37.7M after Steam's cut $25.5M–$58.0M before the cut	$24.99	32k reviews Very Positive	Fighting2D Fighter
Street Fighter V 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.2M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$41.8M before the cut	$19.99	44k reviews Mixed	FightingAction
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