How much revenue did Blast the Past make?

Blast the Past is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Blast the Past sell?

Q: How many copies did Blast the Past sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 156 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; from 156 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 Blast the Past out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blast the Past's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 26k–221k

best case 777k (Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades)

Games like Blast the Past

The middle of these games

≈ 26k–221k copies

≈ $361k–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades at ≈ 592k–962k copies, ≈ $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 63 to 24k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + VR, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2026, and 3 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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Universe Sandbox Legacy 2011	Est. copies ≈ 188k–306k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2026	Est. copies ≈ 592k–962k 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before the cut	$19.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxVR
IRON REBELLION 2024	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $145k–$391k after Steam's cut $264k–$601k before the cut	$24.99	853 reviews Very Positive	VRMechs
Megaton Rainfall 2017	Est. copies ≈ 79k–128k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $346k–$930k after Steam's cut $629k–$1.4M before the cut	$15.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SuperheroDestruction
IKEA VR Experience 2016	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	386 reviews Mixed	HentaiVR
HARD BULLET 2020	Est. copies ≈ 162k–263k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $891k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	VRGore
Maximum Override 2017	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $21k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$85k before the cut	$6.99	311 reviews Mixed	ActionDestruction
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