How much revenue did Burst Hero make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Burst Hero sell?

Q: How many copies did Burst Hero sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 105 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut; from 105 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 Burst Hero out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Burst Hero's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–114k

best case 159k (Voidigo)

Games like Burst Hero

The middle of these games

≈ 20k–114k copies

≈ $230k–$650k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Voidigo at ≈ 121k–197k copies, ≈ $167k–$448k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 492 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 44 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Shoot 'Em Up (8 of 8) and Twin Stick Shooter (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Twin Stick Shooter, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Voidigo 2023	Est. copies ≈ 121k–197k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $167k–$448k after Steam's cut $303k–$689k before the cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
Nex Machina 2017	Est. copies ≈ 75k–123k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $415k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $754k–$1.7M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Twin Stick Shooter Bullet Hell
X Invader 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before the cut	$4.99	579 reviews Mostly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpArena Shooter
God's Trigger 2019	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $119k–$320k after Steam's cut $217k–$493k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
Retrograde Arena 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	539 reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter
Chippy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $141k–$378k after Steam's cut $256k–$581k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter
Waves 2: Notorious 2015	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	323 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Renegade Ops 2011	Est. copies ≈ 182k–296k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $852k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$16.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionTwin Stick Shooter