How much revenue did Grave Gunner make?

$272–$732 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Grave Gunner sell?

Q: How many copies did Grave Gunner sell?

99 to 161 copies, based on its 4 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 99–161; $272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before the cut; from 4 reviews (4 user reviews); Thin evidence: 4 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 Grave Gunner out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Grave Gunner's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 47k–67k

best case 7.9M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Grave Gunner

The middle of these games

≈ 47k–67k copies

≈ $347k–$473k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.0M–9.7M copies, ≈ $49.4M–$132.9M 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 696 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 134 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Arena Shooter (8 of 8) and FPS (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Blood + Character Action Game + Spectacle fighter; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2024, and 1 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 79 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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ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.0M–9.7M 161x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.4M–$132.9M after Steam's cut $89.9M–$204.5M before the cut	$29.99	242k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
Fashion Police Squad 2022	Est. copies ≈ 39k–64k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $217k–$583k after Steam's cut $394k–$897k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns 2021	Est. copies ≈ 59k–95k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterFPS
Quake III Arena 2007	Est. copies ≈ 258k–420k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSArena Shooter
Shrine II 2020	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	863 reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
TRIBES 3: Rivals 2024	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $188k–$506k after Steam's cut $342k–$778k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mixed	Early AccessFast-Paced
Monument 2015	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$99k before the cut	$1.99	899 reviews Mostly Positive	Arena ShooterBoomer Shooter
Ziggurat 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rogue-lite