How much revenue did Red Matter make?

$247k–$664k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Red Matter sell?

Q: How many copies did Red Matter sell?

36k to 58k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 36k–58k; $247k–$664k after Steam's cut $449k–$1.0M 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 Red Matter out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Red Matter's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 127k–317k

best case 1.4M (BONEWORKS)

Games like Red Matter

The middle of these games

≈ 127k–317k copies

≈ $545k–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: BONEWORKS at ≈ 1.0M–1.7M copies, ≈ $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (6 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Physics, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Physics + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2022, and none of them 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 70 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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Hyperbolica 2022	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $117k–$315k after Steam's cut $213k–$484k before the cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SurrealExploration
The Lab 2016	Est. copies ≈ 277k–451k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayVR
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Gravitas 2019	Est. copies ≈ 206k–334k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayPuzzle
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality 2017	Est. copies ≈ 86k–140k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $709k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureVR
SUPERHOT VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 332k–540k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	VRShooter
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