How much revenue did Shadowrun Returns make?

An estimated 2.9M to 7.9M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shadowrun Returns sell?

Q: How many copies did Shadowrun Returns sell?

An estimated 709k to 1.2M copies, based on its 14k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 709k–1.2M; $2.9M–$7.9M net $5.3M–$12.1M gross; from 14k 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 Shadowrun Returns out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shadowrun Returns's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 252k–605k

best case 2.1M (Transistor)

The RPG lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 441k copies.

A typical game

≈ 441k copies

≈ $2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

Best case

≈ 2.1M copies

Transistor · ≈ $16.4M after Steam's cut

from 31k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Great Soundtrack + Female Protagonist, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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