How much revenue did Hardspace: Shipbreaker make?

$5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hardspace: Shipbreaker sell?

Q: How many copies did Hardspace: Shipbreaker sell?

532k to 865k copies, based on its 22k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 532k–865k; $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before the cut; from 22k 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 Hardspace: Shipbreaker out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Hardspace: Shipbreaker's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10.0M–16.0M

best case 21.6M (No Man's Sky)

The Exploration genre

All 3 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 10.0M–16.0M copies

≈ $165.0M–$350.2M after Steam's cut

from ~243k reviews

Best case

≈ 16.5M–26.8M copies

No Man's Sky · ≈ $271.9M–$731.1M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (2 of 3) and Sandbox (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $60.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2018. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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