How much revenue did Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun make?

$2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun sell?

Q: How many copies did Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun sell?

449k to 729k copies, based on its 18k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 449k–729k; $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.2M before the cut; from 18k 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 Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–4.8M

best case 7.9M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

The middle of these games

≈ 1.4M–4.8M copies

≈ $8.9M–$68.4M after Steam's cut

from ~37k 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: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.0M–9.7M copies, ≈ $49.4M–$132.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 23k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 49k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (5 of 8) and Dark Fantasy (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2025, and 1 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).

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