How much revenue did Bleeding Border make?

$15k–$41k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bleeding Border sell?

Q: How many copies did Bleeding Border sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 230 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $28k–$64k before the cut; from 230 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 Bleeding Border out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bleeding Border's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 423–1k

best case 1k (Old Retro Shooter)

Games like Bleeding Border

The middle of these games

≈ 423–1k copies

≈ $2k–$77k after Steam's cut

from ~22 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Old Retro Shooter at ≈ 1k–2k copies, ≈ $61k–$165k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 8 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 19.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 3D Platformer (6 of 8) and Choose Your Own Adventure (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Choose Your Own Adventure, priced around $200.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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