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How many copies did Shotgun Cop Man sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 17k–28k
$47k–$127k after Steam's cut $86k–$195k before the cut
from 691 reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Shotgun Cop Man out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shotgun Cop Man's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–65k
best case 552k (Downwell)
Games like Shotgun Cop Man

The middle of these games

≈ 13k–65k copies

≈ $35k–$497k after Steam's cut

from ~374 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: Downwell at ≈ 420k–683k copies, ≈ $346k–$929k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 74 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 66 to 443.
Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Arcade (7 of 8) and Precision Platformer (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Action Roguelike, priced around $3.
The era
The games you compared span 2011 to 2021, 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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Downwell
2015
Est. copies
≈ 420k–683k
23x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$346k–$929k after Steam's cut $628k–$1.4M before the cut
$2.99
9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Precision PlatformerAction Roguelike
SATAZIUS
2011
Est. copies
≈ 21k–33k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$140k before the cut
$5.99
326 reviews
Very Positive
Shoot 'Em UpBullet Hell
Speed Limit
2021
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≈ 5k–8k
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Est. revenue
$14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before the cut
$9.99
204 reviews
Very Positive
ArcadeFast-Paced
Blaster Shooter GunGuy!
2015
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≈ 20k–32k
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Est. revenue
$11k–$29k after Steam's cut $20k–$45k before the cut
$1.99
409 reviews
Mixed
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Escape This
2016
Est. copies
≈ 30k–48k
1.9x vs typical
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$4.99
713 reviews
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Grass Cutter - Mutated Lawns
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SteamSpy 100k–200k
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HUNTDOWN
2021
Est. copies
≈ 109k–178k
12x vs typical
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Est. revenue
$602k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut
$19.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
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Crystal Call
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Est. copies
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