How much revenue did Second Wave make?

Second Wave is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Second Wave sell?

Q: How many copies did Second Wave sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 205 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; from 205 reviews (Mixed)

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 Second Wave out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Second Wave's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 207k–482k

best case 702k (NEKOPARA Vol. 2)

Games like Second Wave

The middle of these games

≈ 207k–482k copies

≈ $645k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: NEKOPARA Vol. 2 at ≈ 535k–869k copies, ≈ $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on MOBA (5 of 8) and FPS (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Anime + Sexual Content, priced around $10.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2021. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 52 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
NEKOPARA Vol. 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 535k–869k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before the cut	$9.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeSexual Content
Battleborn 2016	Est. copies ≈ 404k–657k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Mixed	Hero ShooterFPS
AirMech 2018	Est. copies ≈ 330k–536k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStrategy
Story of White Stone State 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut	$5.99	57 reviews Mostly Negative	IndieRPG
Bishojo Mangekyo Kotowari to Meikyu no Shojo 2021	Est. copies ≈ 73k–119k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $605k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$29.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSSexual Content
Gigantic 2017	Est. copies ≈ 254k–413k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Tanki Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 242k–394k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayTanks
AXYOS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $94k–$254k after Steam's cut $172k–$391k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mixed	Hero ShooterFPS