How much revenue did Nitro Express make?

An estimated 95k to 256k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nitro Express sell?

Q: How many copies did Nitro Express sell?

An estimated 27k to 43k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 27k–43k; $95k–$256k net $173k–$393k gross; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Nitro Express out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nitro Express's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 168k–268k

best case 817k (Neon Abyss)

The Platformer lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 205k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 205k copies

≈ $1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Best case

≈ 817k copies

Neon Abyss · ≈ $6.3M after Steam's cut

from 24k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Rogue-like + Platformer, priced around $20.
The breakout hits carry Rogue-like + Loot + Procedural Generation; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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