How much revenue did Big Buck Hunter Arcade make?

Big Buck Hunter Arcade is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Big Buck Hunter Arcade sell?

Q: How many copies did Big Buck Hunter Arcade sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 127 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; from 127 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 Big Buck Hunter Arcade out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Big Buck Hunter Arcade's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 846–1k

best case 47k (Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour)

Games like Big Buck Hunter Arcade

The middle of these games

≈ 846–1k copies

≈ $939–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~29 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour at ≈ 36k–59k copies, ≈ $199k–$535k after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 128 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Sports, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
City of Cats 2023	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $987–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$4.99	29 reviews Mostly Negative	AdventureCasual
The Mountain Hunting 2021	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $782–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$4.99	23 reviews Mixed	SimulationAdventure
Hunting Unlimited 2010 2009	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $67k–$179k after Steam's cut $121k–$276k before the cut	$9.99	384 reviews Very Positive	SimulationSports
The Catch: Carp & Coarse Fishing 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $38k–$103k after Steam's cut $70k–$159k before the cut	$14.99	375 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsCasual
The Hunt in the Forest 2019	Est. copies ≈ 864–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $235–$632 after Steam's cut $428–$973 before the cut	$0.99	30 reviews Mostly Negative	ActionCasual
Deer Hunting - The Season 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before the cut	$7.99	128 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAdventure
Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour 2018	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k 41x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $199k–$535k after Steam's cut $362k–$823k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFishing
Depth Hunter 2: Deep Dive 2014	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k 34x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $152k–$408k after Steam's cut $276k–$628k before the cut	$9.99	987 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationUnderwater