How much revenue did Beat Hazard make?

$1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beat Hazard sell?

Q: How many copies did Beat Hazard sell?

471k to 765k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471k–765k; $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.3M before the cut; from 7k 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 Beat Hazard out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beat Hazard's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 382–10k

best case 85k (Beat Hazard 2)

Games like Beat Hazard

The middle of these games

≈ 382–10k copies

≈ $289–$69k after Steam's cut

from ~79 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.

Best case: Beat Hazard 2 at ≈ 65k–106k copies, ≈ $340k–$914k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 12 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 447.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rhythm (8 of 8) and Twin Stick Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Music-Based Procedural Generation, priced around $19.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 3 of your 8 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 36 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
Beat Hazard 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 65k–106k 29x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $340k–$914k after Steam's cut $618k–$1.4M before the cut	$18.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic-Based Procedural Generation
Soundsaber 2024	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before the cut	$4.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Music-Based Procedural GenerationAction
City of Beats 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $35k–$79k before the cut	$19.99	140 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGTop-Down
Dead Beats Survivors 2025	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69–$184 after Steam's cut $125–$283 before the cut	$4.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
Two Brain Sides 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $115–$309 after Steam's cut $209–$475 before the cut	$0.99	17 reviews Positive	DifficultColorful
Beat Hazard 3 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $93k–$249k after Steam's cut $168k–$383k before the cut	$19.99	679 reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic-Based Procedural Generation
Groov 2021	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $285–$767 after Steam's cut $519–$1k before the cut	$2.99	14 reviews Positive	ActionShooter
Temp Zero 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before the cut	$4.99	171 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRhythm