How much revenue did Chop It make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chop It sell?

Q: How many copies did Chop It sell?

486 to 790 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 486–790; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before the cut; from 16 reviews (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 Chop It out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chop It's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 114–73k

best case 2.9M (Beat Saber)

Games like Chop It

The middle of these games

≈ 114–73k copies

≈ $315–$9k after Steam's cut

from ~20 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.

Best case: Beat Saber at ≈ 2.2M–3.6M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 14.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rhythm (7 of 8) and VR (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Rhythm, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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
McOsu 2017	Est. copies ≈ 220k–358k 320x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	RhythmFree to Play
Groove Balls 2020	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $138–$368 after Steam's cut $250–$566 before the cut	$9.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	ActionRhythm
BoomXR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	10 reviews Positive	ActionSports
Kongfusion 2020	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$14.99	30 reviews Positive	VRRhythm
Boom Dojo 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before the cut	$9.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	ActionSports
Viro Move 2021	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$24.99	31 reviews Mixed	VRSports
Samurai Beat 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $138–$368 after Steam's cut $250–$566 before the cut	$9.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	SwordplayRhythm
Beat Saber 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M 3812x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before the cut	$19.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRRhythm