How much revenue did Sky of Destruction make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sky of Destruction sell?

Q: How many copies did Sky of Destruction sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 60 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut; from 60 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Sky of Destruction and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sky of Destruction's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 92k–151k

best case 141k (SNKRX)

Games like Sky of Destruction

A typical game among these

≈ 92k–151k copies

≈ $173k–$244k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: SNKRX at ≈ 108k–175k copies, ≈ $88k–$238k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 431 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arena Shooter (8 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-lite, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of the 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 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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