METAL SLUG sales estimate

METAL SLUG is an action game by Dotemu, released on Steam on June 25, 2015 at $7.99. It has 4,545 Steam reviews (Very Positive, 89% positive). Markan estimates it has sold between 164k and 418k copies on Steam, for $455k to $1.2 million in net revenue.

Estimated lifetime sales and revenue

	Low	Medium	High
Copies sold	163,620	290,880	418,140
Net revenue (USD)	$454,635	$808,240	$1,161,845

Steam doesn't publish sales. These estimates multiply the number of reviews by a factor that depends on the release year (the Boxleiter method). Net revenue is what's left of list price × sales after refunds, regional pricing, discounts, sales tax and Steam's 30% cut, before any publisher's share. Treat them as a ballpark for comparing games, not as reported figures.

Steam facts

Developer	Dotemu
Publisher	SNK CORPORATION
Release date	June 25, 2015
Price	$7.99 (US list price)
Reviews	4,545 · Very Positive · 89% positive
Genres	Action
Platforms	Windows
Links	Steam store page · Website

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