How much revenue did Rain Runner make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rain Runner sell?

Q: How many copies did Rain Runner sell?

918 to 1k copies, based on its 37 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 918–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 37 reviews (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 Rain Runner out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rain Runner's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–48k

best case 342k (Gas Guzzlers Extreme)

Games like Rain Runner

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–48k copies

≈ $11k–$129k after Steam's cut

from ~278 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: Gas Guzzlers Extreme at ≈ 261k–424k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 113 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 15 to 225.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Shooter (8 of 8) and Racing (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Combat Racing + Vehicular Combat, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2023, and none of them 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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Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before the cut	$7.99	238 reviews Very Positive	RacingAction
Super Block Crush 2023	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $633–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$2.99	31 reviews Positive	CasualShooter
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