How much revenue did Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons make?

$22k–$60k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons sell?

Q: How many copies did Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 166 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $40k–$92k before the cut; from 166 reviews (Mixed)

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 Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 279k–934k

best case 1.4M (Wargame: Red Dragon)

Games like Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons

The middle of these games

≈ 279k–934k copies

≈ $2.4M–$9.3M after Steam's cut

from ~11k 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: Wargame: Red Dragon at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $9.1M–$24.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Military (5 of 8) and RTS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + Military, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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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