How much revenue did Samurai Beat make?

$138–$368 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Samurai Beat sell?

Q: How many copies did Samurai Beat sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $138–$368 after Steam's cut $250–$566 before the cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Thin evidence: 2 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 98–472

best case 2.9M (Beat Saber)

Games like Samurai Beat

The middle of these games

≈ 98–472 copies

≈ $378–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~10 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: Beat Saber at ≈ 2.2M–3.6M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 15 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rhythm (8 of 8) and VR (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Rhythm, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Music + Singleplayer + Moddable; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 3 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 36 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
Beat Saber 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M 8026x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before the cut	$19.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRRhythm
Unpatterned Cut 2025	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$9.99	15 reviews Positive	FPS Rhythm
LOFI Katana 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$16.99	13 reviews Positive	VRRhythm
Kongfusion 2020	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$14.99	30 reviews Positive	VRRhythm
Beatrect 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $138–$364 after Steam's cut $250–$560 before the cut	$19.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	CasualArcade
TrainingTiles 2024	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $744–$2k before the cut	$9.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	SimulationSports
Saber Ship 2022	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $138–$368 after Steam's cut $250–$566 before the cut	$9.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	VRSports
Synth Riders 2019	Est. copies ≈ 48k–78k 176x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $331k–$890k after Steam's cut $602k–$1.4M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	VRRhythm