How much revenue did Galactic Thunderdome make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Galactic Thunderdome sell?

Q: How many copies did Galactic Thunderdome sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 59 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before Steam's cut; from 59 reviews (Very Positive)

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 Galactic Thunderdome and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Galactic Thunderdome's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.0M–15.8M

best case 27.0M (BeamNG.drive)

Games like Galactic Thunderdome

A typical game among these

≈ 5.0M–15.8M copies

≈ $40.1M–$103.7M after Steam's cut

from ~228k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: BeamNG.drive at ≈ 20.5M–33.4M copies, ≈ $141.2M–$379.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 38k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Physics (7 of 8) and Destruction (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Driving, priced around $25.
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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.5M–33.4M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $141.2M–$379.6M after Steam's cut $256.7M–$584.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	421k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationDriving
Teardown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$75.0M after Steam's cut $50.7M–$115.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	136k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DestructionPhysics
Goat Simulator 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut $19.7M–$44.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	70k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFunny
People Playground 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.4M–$68.2M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	321k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGore
Party Poopers 2018	Est. copies ≈ 152–247 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $167–$449 after Steam's cut $303–$690 before Steam's cut	$3.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	CasualAction
Vetrex 2023	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $287–$768 after Steam's cut $521–$1k before Steam's cut	$5.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Local MultiplayerMultiplayer
Citrus Rampage 2022	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $744–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	12 reviews Positive	CasualLocal Multiplayer
We Could Be Heroes 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$14.99	44 reviews Positive	Beat 'em up2D Fighter