How much revenue did Ambush make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ambush sell?

Q: How many copies did Ambush sell?

645 to 1k copies, based on its 26 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 645–1k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut; from 26 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 Ambush out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ambush's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.6M–9.2M

best case 11.2M (Ready or Not)

Games like Ambush

The middle of these games

≈ 6.6M–9.2M copies

≈ $140.5M–$190.8M after Steam's cut

from ~219k reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Combat (3 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Ready or Not at ≈ 8.5M–13.9M copies, ≈ $117.4M–$315.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 143k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Combat (3 of 8) and Gore (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical + Realistic, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 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 36 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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Ready or Not 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8.5M–13.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $117.4M–$315.6M after Steam's cut $213.4M–$485.5M before the cut	$49.99	344k reviews Mostly Positive	TacticalRealistic
God of War 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $62.8M–$168.8M after Steam's cut $114.2M–$259.8M before the cut	$49.99	184k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionSingleplayer
REQUISITION VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $66k–$177k after Steam's cut $119k–$272k before the cut	$19.99	482 reviews Mixed	VRAction
Sci-Fantasy Defence 2022	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$19.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	VRTower Defense
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $89.6M–$240.8M after Steam's cut $162.8M–$370.5M before the cut	$59.99	219k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCo-op
Scatteria - Post-apocalyptic shooter 2019	Est. copies ≈ 576–936 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$9.99	20 reviews Mostly Positive	Split ScreenPost-apocalyptic
Foetality: Fetus Deletus 2025	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before the cut	$2.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	PvPAction
Bean There, Won That 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before the cut	$7.99	143 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionMultiplayer