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How many copies did Kitten Burst sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 10k–17k
$57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before the cut
from 417 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 Kitten Burst out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kitten Burst's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–17k
best case 1.5M (Trailmakers)
Games like Kitten Burst

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–17k copies

≈ $22k–$47k after Steam's cut

from ~275 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: Trailmakers at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $7.7M–$20.6M 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 47 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5 to 384.
Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Action-Adventure (7 of 8) and Racing (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Space + Action-Adventure, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Space + Family Friendly + Co-op Campaign; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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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Trailmakers
2019
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.8M
141x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.6M before the cut
$24.99
39k reviews
Very Positive
SpaceAction
Jet Kave Adventure
2021
Est. copies
≈ 3k–5k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$58k before the cut
$14.99
136 reviews
Very Positive
PlatformerSide Scroller
Ultrawings
2017
Est. copies
≈ 14k–22k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$56k–$151k after Steam's cut $102k–$233k before the cut
$14.99
397 reviews
Very Positive
Duck Life 4
2020
Est. copies
≈ 7k–11k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before the cut
$4.99
275 reviews
Very Positive
CasualRacing
Let It Flow
2021
Est. copies
≈ 18k–30k
2.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
Free
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736 reviews
Very Positive
ActionRacing
Scrapland Remastered
2021
Est. copies
≈ 3k–5k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$67k before the cut
$19.99
118 reviews
Very Positive
MultiplayerAction
Switchcars
2021
Est. copies
≈ 12k–19k
1.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before the cut
$8.99
467 reviews
Very Positive
Action RoguelikeAction
MiLE HiGH TAXi
2023
Est. copies
≈ 2k–4k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before the cut
$16.99
95 reviews
Mixed
FlightRacing

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