How much revenue did Metal as Phuk make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Metal as Phuk sell?

Q: How many copies did Metal as Phuk sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 251 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$49k before the cut; from 251 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 Metal as Phuk out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Metal as Phuk's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–9k

best case 25k (The Night Fisherman)

Games like Metal as Phuk

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–9k copies

≈ $8k–$45k after Steam's cut

from ~183 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Night Fisherman at ≈ 19k–31k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 80 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 6 to 111.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Turn-Based Tactics (5 of 8) and JRPG (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, and 1 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 38 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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