How much revenue did Shadowgrounds Survivor make?

$141k–$378k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shadowgrounds Survivor sell?

Q: How many copies did Shadowgrounds Survivor sell?

51k to 83k copies, based on its 810 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 51k–83k; $141k–$378k after Steam's cut $256k–$582k before Steam's cut; from 810 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 Shadowgrounds Survivor and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shadowgrounds Survivor's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12.2M–26.3M

best case 37.9M (HELLDIVERS™ 2)

Games like Shadowgrounds Survivor

A typical game among these

≈ 12.2M–26.3M copies

≈ $135.4M–$259.5M after Steam's cut

from ~367k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: HELLDIVERS™ 2 at ≈ 28.9M–46.9M copies, ≈ $317.6M–$854.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 89k reviews in their first month; the range was 40k to 251k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (5 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Looter Shooter, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Free to Play; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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 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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Warframe 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.9M–69.7M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	678k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAction RPG
Destiny 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 19.1M–31.0M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	663k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayOpen World
Apex Legends™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 26.6M–43.2M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	1.1M reviews Mixed	Free to PlayBattle Royale
Deep Rock Galactic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $77.8M–$209.2M after Steam's cut $141.5M–$321.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	380k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DwarfCo-op
HELLDIVERS™ 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 28.9M–46.9M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $317.6M–$854.0M after Steam's cut $577.5M–$1313.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1.2M reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpPvE
Fallout 4 2015	Est. copies ≈ 21.0M–34.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $115.2M–$309.7M after Steam's cut $209.4M–$476.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	429k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldPost-apocalyptic
Borderlands 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 19.8M–32.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $217.3M–$584.2M after Steam's cut $395.1M–$898.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	313k reviews Very Positive	LootShooter
Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut $109.5M–$249.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	353k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike