How much revenue did Railgunners make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Railgunners sell?

Q: How many copies did Railgunners sell?

2k copies, based on its 61 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 61 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 Railgunners out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Railgunners's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–4k

best case 339k (Rock of Ages)

Games like Railgunners

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–4k copies

≈ $1k–$17k after Steam's cut

from ~90 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.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Bowling (4 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Rock of Ages at ≈ 258k–420k copies, ≈ $709k–$1.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 23 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7 to 37.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Bowling (4 of 8) and Sports (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Comedy + Tower Defense, priced around $9. The breakout hits carry Comedy + Strategy + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2025, 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 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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VR SUPER SPORTS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$62k before the cut	$12.99	122 reviews Mixed	SportsAction
Rock of Ages 2011	Est. copies ≈ 258k–420k 45x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $709k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ComedyStrategy
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist 2015	Est. copies ≈ 82k–133k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $180k–$483k after Steam's cut $327k–$744k before the cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MemesPixel Graphics
BOWLOUT 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $584–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut	$1.99	43 reviews Positive	ActionIndie
Roxy Raccoon's Bowling Bash 2022	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $782–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$4.99	23 reviews Positive	Bowling3D Platformer
HyperBowl 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $629–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$0.99	76 reviews Very Positive	CasualSports
BandRoll 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$1.99	104 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessRhythm
Sparedevil 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$49k before the cut	$11.99	146 reviews Very Positive	FPSAction