How much revenue did Children of the Sun make?

$235k–$633k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Children of the Sun sell?

Q: How many copies did Children of the Sun sell?

57k to 93k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 57k–93k; $235k–$633k after Steam's cut $428k–$974k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Children of the Sun and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Children of the Sun's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–45k

best case 65k (Cavalry Girls)

Games like Children of the Sun

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–45k copies

≈ $11k–$89k after Steam's cut

from ~510 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Real Time Tactics (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Cavalry Girls at ≈ 50k–81k copies, ≈ $164k–$441k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 210 reviews in their first month; the range was 45 to 536.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Real Time Tactics (4 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Top-Down Shooter + Mechs, priced around $12.
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
Devader 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$7.99	55 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeArena Shooter
Battle Tanks: World War II 2019	Est. copies ≈ 48k–77k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayTanks
Control Craft 3 2016	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before Steam's cut	$4.99	339 reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationMetroidvania
Attack on Toys 2021	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before Steam's cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction RTS
Cavalry Girls 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $164k–$441k after Steam's cut $298k–$678k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterMechs
Bulanci 2023	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	680 reviews Mixed	ActionCasual
Toast Time 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut	$4.99	91 reviews Mostly Positive	Arena ShooterSide Scroller
Sky of Destruction 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$12.99	60 reviews Mixed	FlightArena Shooter