How much revenue did Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! make?

$13k–$35k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! sell?

Q: How many copies did Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 76 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before the cut; from 76 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 Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 231k–1.1M

best case 4.6M (Muse Dash)

Games like Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash!

The middle of these games

≈ 231k–1.1M copies

≈ $1.4M–$10.6M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: Muse Dash at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.8M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 821 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (8 of 8) and Rhythm (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Rhythm, priced around $3. The breakout hits carry Cute + Sexual Content + Casual; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, and 1 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 61 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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Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before the cut	$2.99	122k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
Sayonara Wild Hearts 2019	Est. copies ≈ 257k–417k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $917k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut	$12.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackRhythm
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 585k–950k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.2M before the cut	$39.39	24k reviews Very Positive	RhythmAnime
Crypt of the NecroDancer 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.0M before the cut	$14.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmFemale Protagonist
En Garde! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $664k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SwordplayFemale Protagonist
Bayonetta 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.4M before the cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
Melody's Escape 2016	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $998k–$2.3M before the cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Music-Based Procedural GenerationRhythm
Rift of the NecroDancer 2025	Est. copies ≈ 152k–247k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $836k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMinigames