How much revenue did Shell Corp make?

$525–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shell Corp sell?

Q: How many copies did Shell Corp sell?

273 to 443 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 273–443; $525–$1k after Steam's cut $954–$2k before Steam's cut; from 11 reviews (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 Shell Corp and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shell Corp's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 440–4k

best case 7k (PBA Pro Bowling)

Games like Shell Corp

A typical game among these

≈ 440–4k copies

≈ $1k–$26k after Steam's cut

from ~27 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PBA Pro Bowling at ≈ 5k–9k copies, ≈ $22k–$60k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 20 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Simulation, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, and none of them 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 61 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
Fastlane Bowling 2021	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $327–$878 after Steam's cut $594–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	16 reviews Mostly Negative	SportsSolitaire
CLASHBOWL 2022	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$39.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Simulatione-sports
The Pier Arcade 2022	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$439 after Steam's cut $297–$676 before Steam's cut	$3.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	ActionSimulation
Bocce Revolution 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$4.99	30 reviews Positive	Turn-Based TacticsPhysics
PBA Pro Bowling 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $41k–$92k before Steam's cut	$14.99	188 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
PBA Pro Bowling 2023 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $41k–$93k before Steam's cut	$29.99	110 reviews Mixed	SimulationSports
Roxy Raccoon's Bowling Bash 2022	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $782–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	23 reviews Positive	Bowling3D Platformer
PBA Pro Bowling 2021 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before Steam's cut	$14.99	109 reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation