How much revenue did Blasters of the Universe make?

Blasters of the Universe is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Blasters of the Universe sell?

Q: How many copies did Blasters of the Universe sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 241 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; from 241 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 Blasters of the Universe out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blasters of the Universe's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–31k

best case 155k (Pistol Whip)

Games like Blasters of the Universe

The middle of these games

≈ 3k–31k copies

≈ $15k–$306k after Steam's cut

from ~249 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: Pistol Whip at ≈ 118k–192k copies, ≈ $977k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 67 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 18 to 1k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (8 of 8) and FPS (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Rhythm, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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A Legend of Luca 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before the cut	$9.99	204 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
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