How much revenue did BLACK BIRD make?

$17k–$46k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BLACK BIRD sell?

Q: How many copies did BLACK BIRD sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 108 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before the cut; from 108 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 BLACK BIRD out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BLACK BIRD's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–34k

best case 46k (Corpse Keeper)

Games like BLACK BIRD

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–34k copies

≈ $9k–$275k after Steam's cut

from ~250 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Corpse Keeper at ≈ 35k–57k copies, ≈ $193k–$519k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 123 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Replay Value (8 of 8) and Hack and Slash (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Dark, priced around $20.
The era: Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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