How much revenue did Go Mecha Ball make?

$63k–$169k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Go Mecha Ball sell?

Q: How many copies did Go Mecha Ball sell?

11k to 19k copies, based on its 461 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–19k; $63k–$169k after Steam's cut $114k–$260k before the cut; from 461 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 Go Mecha Ball out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Go Mecha Ball's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 110k–181k

best case 618k (Beat Hazard)

Games like Go Mecha Ball

The middle of these games

≈ 110k–181k copies

≈ $440k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Beat Hazard at ≈ 471k–765k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Twin Stick Shooter (8 of 8) and Arcade (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Music-Based Procedural Generation, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Space + Rhythm + Music-Based Procedural Generation; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2024, 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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