How much revenue did Red Trigger make?

$161k–$433k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Red Trigger sell?

Q: How many copies did Red Trigger sell?

84k to 136k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 84k–136k; $161k–$433k after Steam's cut $293k–$666k before the cut; from 2k 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 Red Trigger out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Red Trigger's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 126k–4.5M

best case 38.6M (Portal 2)

Games like Red Trigger

The middle of these games

≈ 126k–4.5M copies

≈ $474k–$34.0M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.4M–47.8M copies, ≈ $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (7 of 8) and 3D Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 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).

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Portal 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.5M–20.4M 55x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.5M–$92.6M after Steam's cut $62.6M–$142.5M before the cut	$9.99	198k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Supraland 2019	Est. copies ≈ 440k–714k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerExploration
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.4M–47.8M 129x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut $147.0M–$334.4M before the cut	$9.99	466k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Hamilton's Great Adventure 2011	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62k–$167k after Steam's cut $113k–$256k before the cut	$9.99	357 reviews Mostly Positive	Local Co-OpAdventure
DeadCore 2014	Est. copies ≈ 115k–186k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $315k–$846k after Steam's cut $572k–$1.3M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAction
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $954k–$2.2M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerParkour
The Ball 2010	Est. copies ≈ 73k–118k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $200k–$537k after Steam's cut $363k–$827k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	3D PlatformerPuzzle-Platformer
Grimhook 2023	Est. copies ≈ 104k–168k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionAdventure