How much revenue did El Tango de la Muerte make?

$13k–$36k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did El Tango de la Muerte sell?

Q: How many copies did El Tango de la Muerte sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 323 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $13k–$36k after Steam's cut $24k–$56k before the cut; from 323 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 El Tango de la Muerte out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including El Tango de la Muerte's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 930k–2.4M

best case 4.6M (Muse Dash)

Games like El Tango de la Muerte

The middle of these games

≈ 930k–2.4M copies

≈ $6.3M–$10.8M after Steam's cut

from ~26k 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: Muse Dash at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 138 to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rhythm (8 of 8) and Music (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Rhythm, priced around $3.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before the cut	$2.99	122k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 585k–950k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.2M before the cut	$39.39	24k reviews Very Positive	RhythmAnime
A Dance of Fire and Ice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.6M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.4M before the cut	$5.99	83k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Starstruck: Hands of Time 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $39k–$105k after Steam's cut $71k–$162k before the cut	$19.99	287 reviews Very Positive	RhythmTime Travel
Just Shapes & Beats 2018	Est. copies ≈ 790k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.7M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$18.0M before the cut	$19.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmGreat Soundtrack
Crypt of the NecroDancer 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.0M before the cut	$14.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmFemale Protagonist
DJMAX RESPECT V 2020	Est. copies ≈ 863k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut $21.6M–$49.1M before the cut	$49.99	35k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY 2024	Est. copies ≈ 628k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before the cut	$9.99	25k reviews Very Positive	MusicEducation