How much revenue did Wave Beta make?

Wave Beta is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Wave Beta sell?

Q: How many copies did Wave Beta sell?

An estimated 20k to 32k copies, based on its 577 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–32k; from 577 reviews (Very 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 Wave Beta out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wave Beta's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.3M–14.4M

best case 52.2M (War Thunder)

The Massively Multiplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 5.3M copies.

A typical game

≈ 5.3M copies

≈ $38.3M after Steam's cut

from ~98k reviews

Best case

≈ 52.2M copies

War Thunder

from 765k reviews

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 Free to Play + Simulation, priced around $18.
The games you compared span 2013 to 2021, 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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