How much revenue did Rocket League® make?

Rocket League® is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Rocket League® sell?

Q: How many copies did Rocket League® sell?

28.3M to 46.0M copies, based on its 580k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 28.3M–46.0M; from 580k 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 Rocket League® out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rocket League®'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 790k–3.5M

best case 3.9M (FIFA 22)

Games like Rocket League®

The middle of these games

≈ 790k–3.5M copies

≈ $953k–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~42k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: FIFA 22 at ≈ 3.0M–4.8M copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 12k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sports (8 of 8) and Football (Soccer) (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Football (Soccer) + Sports.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, and 2 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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NBA 2K19 2018	Est. copies ≈ 686k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	23k reviews Mostly Negative	SportsBasketball
FIFA 22 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	120k reviews Very Positive	Football (Soccer)Sports
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions 2020	Est. copies ≈ 166k–270k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before the cut	$39.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	AnimeSports
EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	56k reviews Mostly Positive	Football (American)Football (Soccer)
Pro Soccer Online 2025	Est. copies ≈ 680k–1.1M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $934k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before the cut	$4.99	27k reviews Very Positive	SportsFootball (Soccer)
Soccer Online: Ball 3D 2017	Est. copies ≈ 367k–596k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $100k–$269k after Steam's cut $182k–$413k before the cut	$0.99	11k reviews Very Positive	SportsFootball (Soccer)
EA SPORTS FC™ 25 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	107k reviews Mixed	SportsFootball (Soccer)
EA SPORTS FC™ 24 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	111k reviews Mixed	Football (Soccer)Sports