How much revenue did Crashbots make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Crashbots sell?

Q: How many copies did Crashbots sell?

669 to 1k copies, based on its 22 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 669–1k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before the cut; from 22 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 Crashbots out and predicted the genre from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Crashbots's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–120k

best case 262k (Melody's Escape)

Games like Crashbots

The middle of these games

≈ 12k–120k copies

≈ $64k–$1.0M after Steam's cut

from ~905 reviews

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

2 of your 7 similar games are hits.

Best case: Melody's Escape at ≈ 200k–325k copies, ≈ $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 50 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3 to 330.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Runner (5 of 7) and Character Customization (4 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music-Based Procedural Generation + Rhythm, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2026, and 2 of your 7 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 52 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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Rooftop Renegade 2023	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$17.99	14 reviews Positive	Action-AdventureSide Scroller
Gal*Gun: Double Peace 2016	Est. copies ≈ 92k–149k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $755k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	On-Rails ShooterAnime
Melody's Escape 2 2026	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $35k–$93k after Steam's cut $63k–$144k before the cut	$14.99	340 reviews Very Positive	Music-Based Procedural GenerationRhythm
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