How much revenue did Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved make?

$77k–$207k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved sell?

Q: How many copies did Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved sell?

70k to 114k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 70k–114k; $77k–$207k after Steam's cut $140k–$318k before the cut; from 1k 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 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 87k–132k

best case 576k (UBERMOSH)

Games like Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

The middle of these games

≈ 87k–132k copies

≈ $254k–$547k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: UBERMOSH at ≈ 439k–713k copies, ≈ $602k–$1.6M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Twin Stick Shooter (5 of 8) and Bullet Hell (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 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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