How much revenue did Cowboy 3030 make?

$12k–$31k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cowboy 3030 sell?

Q: How many copies did Cowboy 3030 sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 113 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before the cut; from 113 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 Cowboy 3030 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cowboy 3030's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–13k

best case 11.4M (Risk of Rain 2)

Games like Cowboy 3030

The middle of these games

≈ 3k–13k copies

≈ $7k–$48k after Steam's cut

from ~129 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Risk of Rain 2 at ≈ 8.7M–14.2M copies, ≈ $59.9M–$161.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 182 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 35 to 103k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Bullet Hell (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Co-op, priced around $42. The breakout hits carry Co-op + Action + Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.7M–14.2M 2727x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $59.9M–$161.2M after Steam's cut $109.0M–$248.0M before the cut	$24.99	352k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike
KUNKUN League 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$2.99	154 reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Xmas Apocalypse 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before the cut	$6.99	104 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeShooter
Before The Dawn 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$4.99	48 reviews Positive	Rogue-like Rogue-lite
Returnal™ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 273k–443k 85x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.5M–$12.1M after Steam's cut $8.2M–$18.6M before the cut	$59.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ActionBullet Hell
Atomic Picnic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $77k–$206k after Steam's cut $139k–$317k before the cut	$19.99	562 reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-likeAction Roguelike
Black Gunner Wukong 2024	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before the cut	$9.99	482 reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpAction Roguelike
Project Malice 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$19k before the cut	$9.99	69 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like